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What makes a protest turn into deadly violence? (20.7.2011)

LOUISE FLANAGAN THIS is how it starts. A council holds a sports day but the prize money disappears. Residents march and hand over a petition about corruption and service delivery. The premier promises ...

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Community work programmes key to preventing collective violence (19.7.2011)

Bradley Dubbelman Initiatives that encourage local communities to work together to create social justice are vital in preventing collective violence carried out through service delivery protests and xenophobic violence, state the findings ...

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Collective violence last resort – study (19.7.2011)

Johannesburg - Collective violence in communities was often the last resort for citizens trying to bring attention to their grievances, according to a joint research report released on Tuesday. Communities who tried ...

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Let-s End it Now Launch stopping sexual violence in correctional centres

By Cynthia Totten & Tapiwa Manyati On Friday, 13 May 2011, the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI), the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the Sonke Gender Justice ...

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Police brutality 'ill-advised' (7.7.2011)

HARRIET MCLEA Civil society organisations have told a workshop on police brutality hosted by the Human Rights Commission, in Johannesburg, that the police must rethink the way in which they resort to force. ...

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Gang's killing raises issue of cop violence (8.7.2011)

QUDSIYA KARRIM This week's deadly force by police in Durban that left six criminals dead has reignited concern about the alarming levels of police violence in KwaZulu-Natal. Police shot dead all ...

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South Africa requires a more professional approach to the use of force by police

7 July 2011   South Africa requires a more professional approach to the use of force by police   Joint statement by The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and African Policing Civilian Oversight ...

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