Events Archive

 

2007

• 30 November: Launch and Seminar: "Where is the Money to Address Gender-based Violence?"

• 30 October: Seminar: The State of Criminal Justice - Building Respect for Justice and Human Rights

• 17 October: Seminar to Commemorate World Trauma Day on the 17th of October 2007

• 10 October: Seminar and Launch: Life, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS in Prison

• 25 April: Journal Launch: The International Journal of Transitional Justice

• 27 March: Jala Tsebo Seminar: A generation of orphaned children is on the increase: What is the relevance of the past for current and future generations?

• 26 February: Jala Tsebo Seminar: A generation of orphaned children is on the increase: Is South Africa coping?

 

2006

• 31 October: Jala Tsebo Seminar: School violence unabated: Is there a solution?

• 27 September: Jala Tsebo Seminar: Law, Custom, and Culture and the Impact on Women Seeking Redress for Domestic Violence

• 30 August: Commemoration Event: Looking for the disappeared…

• 19 July: Jala Tsebo Seminar: The Legacy of Suffering

• 30 May: Jala Tsebo Seminar: Understanding people's power: Promoting participatory governance – Reducing the potential for violence

• 17 May: The People Shall Govern: Public Participation in Policy Processes

• 28 March: Ex-combatants as Peace Promoters

• 8 March: Get on the Bus - Stop Violence Against Women and Children Campaign

• 2 March: Minority Report: The Imprisonment of Women and Girls in Gauteng

• 28 February: Jala Tsebo Seminar: Are South African orphans who have been impacted by HIV and AIDS resilient or vulnerable?

 

2005

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 26/06/2005	Jala Tsebo Seminar: Memory and Dispossession	Louise Bethlehem, Ereshnee Naidu, Noor Nieftagodien, Oupa Makhalemele
No. 2 22/08/2005	Panel Discussion: Prospects for Peace in a Post-Garang Sudan	Dr Barnada Marial Benjamin, Richard Smith, Patrick Rankhumise
No. 3 27/09/2005	Jala Tsebo Seminar: Police in a Democratic South Africa	David Bruce, Themba Masuku, Antony Altbeker, Gareth Newham
No. 4 25/10/2005	Jala Tsebo Seminar: Confronting Torture	Ahmed Motala, Piers Pigou, Malose Langa, Marivic Garcia
No. 5 22/11/2005	Book Launch: The Dirty Work of Democracy	Antony Altbeker, Firoz Cachalia
No. 6 29/11/2005	Jala Tsebo Seminar: Peace and Solidarity	Moloko Malakalaka, Muzi Masuku, Dr Bheki Moyo, Pamela Masiko

 

2000: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 20/01/2000	The Role of Magistrates: Reflections of the Past and Challenges of the Future	Dr Paul Gready, Lazarus Kgalema
No. 2 30/05/2000	Can Reparations and Restitution Contribute to Reconciliation and Nation Building in Africa?	Zakes Hlatswayo, Trevor Ngwane, Brandon Hamber
No. 3 22/06/2000	The New Sentencing Framework: Proposals for Dealing with Disparities in Sentencing	Prof Dirk Van Zyl Smit, Prof David Unterhalter
No. 4 9-14/07/00	"Urban Features" - Lekgotla (Urban Safety Policy And Practice)	Dr Ted Legget, Snr Sup Danie Louw, Lindi Malinga, Anastasia Lungu-Mulenga, Nancy Gist, Prof Sophie Body-Gendrot, Mzi Memeza
No. 5 28/08/2000	Refugee Access to Health and Social Services: Right or Privilege?	Bruno Gebbo, Tarik Mustik, Abbas Yusuf, Zonke Madjodina
No. 6 05/09/2000	Effective Criminal Justice: Witnesses and Victims in the Criminal Justice Process	Jenny Irish, David Bruce, Lisa Vetten, Director Kuyler, Pete Richer, Hardie Fourie
No. 7 11/09/2000	Research into Violent Young Offenders in the UK and South Africa	Gwyneth Boswell, Peter Wedge, Amanda Dissel
No. 8 27/10/2000	Politics and Promises: Evaluating the Implementation of the TRC's Recommendations	Dr Wendy Orr, Gregory Williams, Hugh Lewin, Bulelani Nqcuka, Yasmin Sookha, Lybon Mabasa
No. 9 27/10/2000	Film Launch: Women and War	Yasmin Sookha
No. 10 30/10/2000	Challenging the Secondary Victimization of Survivors of Sexual Offences	Kailash Bhana, Lisa Vetten, Snr Sup Annika Pienaar, Chana Majake
No. 11 15/11/2000	The Failure of Transformation? Examining the Implications of the Special Assignment Screening	Mary Robertson, Bronwyn Harris, David Bruce
No. 12 22/11/2000	Police Integrity and Discipline: Internal Systems of Control in the SAPS	Gareth Newham, Duxita Mistry, Jabu Dhlamini
No. 13 29/11/2000	Youth, Identity and Risk in Post Apartheid South Africa	Clayton Peters, Ankie Motswage, George Chauke, Aubrey Masuku
No. 14 01/12/2000	A Comparative Analysis of Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition	Brandon Hamber, Noel Stott

 

1999: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 14/04/1999	Election '99: Pre-empting PotentialViolence and Intimidation	Network of Independent Monitors Urban Monitoring and Awareness Committee - The Electoral Institute of SA
No. 2 26/05/1999	Wits Health Science Faculty's Internal Reconciliation Commission: Lessons & Implications	Professor Max Price, Dr Mohammed Tikly & Tanya Goodman
No. 3 17/06/1999	Health Care Provision for Refugees: Challenges and Obstacles	Frances Spencer & Marivic Garcia
No. 4 24/06/1999	Managing Conflict in Society: Public Order Policing in Partnership	Eddy Hendricks & Dominique Van Ryckeghem
No. 5 21/07/1999	Guns and Crime: Raising the Voices of Victims and Perpetrators	Gift Motaung & Lauren Segal
No. 6 19 August 1999	Confronting Torture in the 'New' South Africa	Peter Jordi, Frances Spencer & Dr Tertius Geldenhuys
No. 7 08/11/1999	Proposed Legislation to Deal with Rape and HIV/AIDS	Lebo Malepe, Judge Edwin Cameron & Lisa Vetten

 

1998: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 27/02/1998	The Inter-Generational Legacies of Trauma	Dr Yael Danieli
No. 2 12/03/1998	Crime and Crime Prevention in Greater Johannesburg: The views of police station commissioners	Janine Rauch
No. 3 23/04/1998	Trauma and Change: A gendered perspective	Marie McNiece, Ester Mujawayo, Henrietta Shannon & Tecia Wanjala
No. 4 04/06/1998	To Protect and Abuse: An exploratory study discussing intimate partners of police as victims of domestic abuse	Jennifer Nix, Lindsay Breslin, Barbara Hechter & Thulani Nkosi
No. 5 11/06/1998	Prison Speak: Anti-Crime Drama	Bongani Linda
No. 6 23/07/1998	Doing Justice? The South African TRC and international law	Chrissie Hart, Graeme Simpson & Russel Ally
No. 7 27/08/1998	Beyond the Constitution: Building a culture of human rights in schools	Tracy Vienings, Glynis Clacherty & Peter Esterhuysen
No. 8 22/09/1998	Hola! AsiCamtheni, Magents (Let's talk, Magents)	Lauren Segal, Joy Pelo & Pule Rampa
No. 9 01/10/1998	The Role of Monuments in Building Reconciliation	Dr Margaret Mojapelo & Mario Saino
No. 10 04/11/1998	The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) and the Investigation of Deaths in Police Custody or as a Result of Police Action	David Bruce & Venitia Govender

 

1997: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 26/02/1997	Sexual Violence Against Women: Victims' needs and government's response	Marilyn Donaldson, Lisa Vetten & Minister Dr Mantu Tshabalala-Msimang
No. 2 26/03/1997	Road Violence	Moira Winslow, Dr Victor Nell & Mary Robertson
No. 3 23/04/1997	The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD): Will it fulfil its promise?	Adv Neville Melville, Deputy National Commissioner Zolisa Lavisa & Adv Jan Munnik
No. 4 24/04/1997	Living With the Legacy of Impunity: Lessons for South Africa about truth, justice and crime in Brazil	Brandon Hamber
No. 5 28/05/1997	Theoretical and Therapeutic Aspects of Extrafamilial Child Rape in the South African Context: A preliminary exploration	Sharon Lewis, Gill Eagle & Superintendent Anneke Pienaar
No. 6 25/06/1997	Violence and Crime: A focus on township youth	Wandile Zwane, Thloki Mofokeng & Steven de Kiewiet
No. 7 26/06/1997	Combatting Family Violence in Local Communities	Anita Dries, Bohang Matlhong, Thenjiwa Kothana & Rebecca Olifant
No. 8 06/08/1997	Communicating Change: Using film and radio in the process of conflict resolution and reconciliation	Teddy Mattera, Wiseman Ndebele & Thabo Khoza
No. 9 27/08/1997	Interactive Performance Towards Reconciliation	Nan Hamilton
No. 10 01/10/1997	Media Portrayals of Crime: Trends and effects	Antoinette Louw, Derrick Rodney & Claudia Braude
No. 11 29/10/1997	Victims and the Criminal Justice System in South Africa	Superintendent Suzelle Pretorius, Mercy Hlungwani & Duxita Mistry
No. 12 08/12/97	Reconciliation: From a culture of war to a culture of peace	Juan Gutierrez

 

1996: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 20/02/1996	Restorative Justice: Survivor Offender Mediation and the TRC.	Howard Zehr, Carl Stauffer & Brandon Hamber
No. 2 03/04/1996	The New Education Crisis: Integration of Schools … Whose Choice? Whose Responsibility?	Mary Metcalfe & Brendan Barry
No. 3 24/04/1996	Youth at Risk	Marilyn Donaldson, Dorothy Mdhluli & Amanda Dissel
No. 4 29/05/1996	A Critical Evaluation of the Factors Contributing to the Increase in Family Murder in South Africa	Mary Robertson, Lisa Vetten & Bets Fourie
No. 5 26/06/1996	Violence and Development	Tracy Vienings
No. 6 31/07/1996	Reflections on Trauma Counselling Methods	Palesa Makhale-Mahlangu & Lionel Msibisi
No. 7 30/09/1996	Violence and Vigilantism	Enver Daniels & Wilfried Schärf
No. 8 09/10/1996	The Public, The Police & Australian Gun Policy	Rick Sarre
No. 9 11/11/1996	Genocide and Justice: The Role of War Crimes Tribunals	Richard Goldstone

 

1995: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 29/03/1995	The Peculiar Temporality of Violence	Robert Thornton
No. 2 26/04/1995	Anti Gay Violence and the Police	Aubrey Theron & Christiaan Bezuidenhout
No. 3 31/05/1995	Justifications of Violence by Activist Youth in Diepkloof, Soweto	Monique Marks
No. 4 28/06/1995	The Death Penalty and Public Opinion	Mark Shaw, Myron Zlotnik & Mongezi Mnyani
No. 5 26/07/1995	The Psychology of Reconciliation: Focus on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.	Brandon Hamber, Mohammed Seedat & Zachina Mohammed
No. 6 30/08/1995	Lessons from Bosnia: A South African's views on ethnic cleansing, federalism, international peacekeeping and reconstruction	Graeme Simpson

 

1994: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 January	The Run-up to Elections	Angela King
No. 2 March	The Role of the South African Police in the Elections	Frans Cronje
No. 3 March	Comparative Examples of Elections: Lessons for South Africa	Graeme Simpson, Bernard Owen, Mark Quarterman & Leticia Martinez
No. 4 May	The Role of Truth Commissions in the Process of Reconciliation in South Africa	Frank Chikane
No. 5 June	The Bill of Rights and the Criminal Justice System in South Africa	Jody Kollapen
No. 6 July	Rights, Reparations and Reconciliation: Some comparative notes	Jayni Edelstein
No. 7 September	Inner City American Programmes to Reduce Violence and School Drop-outs and Increase Employability and Family Stability	Lynn Curtis
No. 8 October	Female Circumcision: Cultural right or human wrong?	Paul van Zyl

 

1993: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 March	The Resurgence of Pupil Power: Explaining Violence in African Schools	Reuben Mogano
No. 2 April	Evaluating the Foreign Observer Missions in South Africa	Panel Discussion
No. 3 May	Gun Control: The Current Agenda	Tefo Raditapole and Richard Spoor
No. 4 June	Communities, Conflict and Negotiated Development	Julian Baskin
No. 5 July	South Africa's Youth: A Presentation of the Results of the JEP Youth Survey	David Everatt
No. 6 August	Community Safety and Community Policing: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Accountability Initiatives	Victor Nell, Mohamed Seedat & Gerald Williamson
No. 7 September	South Africa's Youth: A Follow-up on the JEP Youth Survey	Sheila Sisulu
No. 8 October	Confronting Race and Racism as a Crucial Element of the Conflict in South Africa	Frank Meintjies
No. 9 November	Drive-by Shootings in 1993	Janine Rauch

 

1992: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 March	Paying for Stolen Kisses? Sexual harassment and the law in South Africa	Carla Sutherland
No. 2 April	Violence in our Communities: An African American Experience	Renae Scott
No. 3 April	South African Police Basic Training: A preliminary assessment	Janine Rauch
No. 4 May	Violence: The role of the security forces	Jaques Pauw
No. 5 July	Youth and Political Violence: The Problem of anomie and the role of youth organisations	Monique Marks
No. 6 August	Restructuring the SADF: Integration of the Armed Forces	Abba Omar
No. 7 September	Women, the Military and Militarisation: Some questions raised by the South African case	Jackie Cock
No. 8 October	Crime and Victimisation in Alexandra	Vivi Stavrou

 

1991: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 20/02/91	Black Responses to the Gulf War	Ameen Akhalawayo
No. 2 27/03/91	The South African Police: Managers of conflict or party to the conflict?	Johan Olivier
No. 3 24/04/91	For the Sake of our Lives: Guidelines for the creation of peoples' self-defence units	Jeremy Cronin
No. 4 22/05/91	The Myth of Rehabilitation	Jo-Anne Stevens
No. 5 31/07/91	The Indirect Effects of Political Violence on Children: Does violence beget violence?	Kerry Gibson
No. 6 04/09/91	Police-Community Relations: The Natal conflict and the prospects for peace	Etienne Marais
No. 7 19/09/91	The Human Face of Violence: Hostel dwellers speak	Lauren Segal
No. 8 30/10/91	The Era of the Jackrollers: Contextualising the rise of youth gangs in Soweto	Steve Mokwena

 

1990: Seminar Programme

Date	Title	Presenters
No. 1 29/3/90	The Unofficial War in Natal: Pietermaritzburg under the knife	Matthew Kentridge
No. 2 25/4/90	Off the Rails: Violence and the law in the 1989 railway strike	Jonathan Joffe
No. 3 24/5/90	Crossing the Picket Line: Violence in Industrial Conflict - the Case of the Afcol Strike	Eddie Webster & Graeme Simpson
No. 4 27/6/90	From Partisanship to Neutrality? Changing perspectives on the role of the South African security forces during transition	Mark Phillips
No. 5 25/7/90	"The Best Kept Secret": Violence against domestic workers	Mmatshilo Motsei
No. 6 26/8/90	State Violence: A study in repression	Max Coleman
No. 7 26/9/90	A Brutal Harvest: The roots and legitimation of violence on farms in South Africa	Lauren Segal
No. 8 31/10/90	Explaining Violence in South Africa: Some psychoanalytic considerations	Sue Van Zyl