Social Cohesion

Social Cohesion
by Jasmina Brankovic April 6, 2019
Publications , Research

Research Brief: What Drives Violence in South Africa

This research brief outlines the literature on drivers of violence in South Africa and then puts it in context by summarising views on violence among community members who work with CSVR in four local communities. ...

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by Jasmina Brankovic September 23, 2017
Policy , Publications

Women's Contribution to Social Cohesion and Violence Prevention through the Community Work Programme

This policy brief looks at the prominent role (older) women play in the Community Work Programme (CWP). Focusing on women participants’ involvement in community work and local social networks, it demonstrates their contribution to building ...

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by CSVR September 20, 2017
Policy , Publications

Working for Safety: The Community Work Programme as a Tool for Preventing Violence and Building Safer Communities

The Community Work Programme (CWP) provides two days of work per week (up to 100 days per year) to unemployed and underemployed people. During the year April 2014 to March 2015 there were 202 599 ...

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Publications , Research

The Community Work Programme in Kagiso

Masuku, Themba, Malose Langa and David Bruce. 2016. "The Community Work Programme in Kagiso" Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

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Publications

Facilitating or hindering social cohesion? The impact of the Community Work Programme in selected South African townships

Langa, Malose, Themba Masuku, David Bruce and Hugo van der Merwe. 2016. "Facilitating or hindering social cohesion? The impact of the Community Work Programme in selected South African townships" South African Crime Quarterly, No 55.

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The Good, the Better and the Best: How the Community Work Programme Can Reach Its Full Potential as an Instrument of Community Development in South Africa

Bruce, David. 2015. “The Good, the Better and the Best: How the Community Work Programme Can Reach Its Full Potential as an Instrument of Community Development in South Africa,” CWP Policy Brief 1. Johannesburg: Centre ...

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Working for Safety: The Community Work Programme as a Tool for Preventing Violence and Building Safer Communitiesviole

Bruce, David. 2015. “Working for Safety: The Community Work Programme as a Tool for Preventing Violence and Building Safer Communities,” CWP Policy Brief 2. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

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