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The Department of Political Studies at UWC is a small but dynamic team that strives for excellence in teaching and research. The Department provides a balanced mixed of modules in our undergraduate and post-graduate programmes covering International Relations, Comparative Government, African and South African politics and Political Theory. The vision of the Department is to become a centre of excellence for the cultivation of great minds in Politics and International Relations to engage the political challenges of the 21st Century.

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

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
 
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