DIALOGUE ON GANG VIOLENCE - 15 October 2012

Dialogue on Gang violence

Hosted by Political Studies/Pugwash/SABC on  15 October 2012

The event, jointly hosted by the South African brance of Pugwash and Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) saw a panel of guests being questioned by the reasoned jounalist, Lynette Francis, and fielding questions from the audience and public. 
Guests were: 

·         Minister Dan Plato, MEC for Community Safety, Western Cape

·         Ivan Waldeck (ProPeace)

·         Errol Valentine (Community Action towards A Safer Environment)
Elrena van der Spuy (Centre of Criminology, UCT)

·         Lukas Muntingh (Community Law Centre, UWC)

The debate was broadcasted live from UWC. The broadcast was followed by a panel discussion on gangs and gang violence, including:

Serena Isaacs (Lecturer, Department of Psychology, UWC): The influence of exposure to community violence on adolescents’ sense of hope and perceptions of well-being

Dr. Cleeve Robertson (Division of Emergency Medicine): A view from the medical profession on gang violence

Derica Lambrechts (Lecturer, Political Studies, University of Stellenbosch): The impact of gang-community interaction on state authority

Ashley Potts (Cape Town Drug Councelling Centre): Addressing gang violence through addressing addiction

Mr Eric Nduna (South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders -NICRO): The challenges of reintegrating former gang members into society: NICRO’s work

 

Radio interview: The Politics of Fear

Rian Leith from the Department of Political Studies was the featured guest on the live morning actuality programme Praat Saam, broadcast on Radio Sonder Grense 100-104fm on Monday, 1 October 2012. The topic of the interview was The Politics of Fear.

To listen to the interview (in Afrikaans), click here.