Torture and State Violence

The trouble with living in a police state… (19.8.2011)

Gareth Stokes South Africa is not a police state, yet. But in recent months we’ve witnessed some alarming developments. It started with the re-militarisation of police ranks and the immediate transition of our National Police ...

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Minister faces R20m suit (10.8.2011)

SIPHO MASONDO Maya, 59, is the father of Zakhele Maya, the community leader who helped organise last year's service-delivery protests in Siyathemba township in Balfour, Mpumalanga. Following the protests the police stormed into ...

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Change in law 'will increase killings by police' (4.8.2011)

WYNDHAM HARTLEY CAPE TOWN — High levels of police shootings will be made worse by proposed changes in the law dealing with the use of lethal force, the Centre for the Study of Violence and ...

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Only police chiefs can end it (24.4.2011)

  David Bruce David Bruce: Pictures in the press this week of six policemen standing in the dock in connection with the death of Andries Tatane in Meqheleng, outside Ficksburg, last week, are in many ...

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Profiling Torture II: Addressing Torture and Its Consequences in South Africa

Dix-Peek, D. and Bandeira, M. (December 2010). Profiling Torture II: Addressing Torture and its consequences in South Africa. Monitoring and Evaluation Progress Report to end December 2010. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. ...

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The land of milk and honey: A picture of refugee torture survivors presenting for treatment in a South African trauma centre

Bandeira, M. Higson-Smith, C. Bantjes, M. and Polatin, P. (2010) "The land of milk and honey: A picture of refugee torture survivors presenting for treatment in a South African trauma centre" in Torture Journal Volume ...

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Traumatic Stress Update (Volume 1 Number 3)

Dix-Peek, D. (2010). Traumatic Stress Update. Volume 1, Number 3, May 2010. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. (pdf 182kb)

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