Violence is a serious public health and human rights challenge with global psychosocial
impacts across the human lifespan. As a middle-income country (MIC), South Africa …

This chapter is a response to what we see as a growing need for preventive and growth
enhancing interventions to promote the capacity of individuals to access the benefits of work …

Xenophobic violence is a fundamental obstacle to the mental, social, and economic
wellbeing of international migrants living and working in South Africa. Currently, there is …

Over the past 15 years, studies around the globe have conclusively established that
physical, sexual and emotional violence affecting children (VAC) is prevalent in all societies …

In the wake of apartheid, many in the South African health and social sciences shifted their
orientation to understanding violence. Rather than approaching violence as a criminal …

Background Violence victimisation and violence perpetration may co-occur in adolescents.
Understanding the sociodemographic correlates of the independent and joint profiles of …

The study sought to explore the manifestations and effects of patriarchy in female-led
secondary schools in South Africa. The thesis advanced was that despite government …

This study investigates the drivers of violence and conflict over the municipal boundaries in
Vuwani District, Limpopo Province. It also aims to understand the socio-economic and …

This article explores possible experiences of ubuntu in the Zama Zama informal settlement.
Postfoundational practical theology and the narrative approach function as paradigm and …

This article demonstrates that a state of anxiety, which includes fear, can be harmful and
destructive not only on the personal but also on the communal and societal levels …