IJR

On 12 and 13 May 2022, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) and the Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) co-hosted a two-day conference, funded by the Norwegian Embassy in SA, on The Role of Youth in Promoting Transitional Justice in Southern Africa. The hybrid conference physically gathered 40 youth leaders representing Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states in Johannesburg, South Africa, while other attended via Zoom transmission.

The situation of women and gender minorities in South Africa is dire. We have some of the best legislation and policies in the world and yet the violence continues unabated.

The Data for Governance Alliance is a project supported by the European Union. It is administered by a consortium of five organisations: (i) Afrobarometer; (ii) Center for Democratic Development – Ghana (CDD-Ghana); (iii) Institute for Development Studies (IDS) – University of Nairobi; (iv) Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR); and (v) Laws. Africa – University of Cape Town

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Conversations with Mrs Ronesia A. Nait-Saidi and Zinzi Mtjeketje

My name is Christopher Tarentaal and I am from the community of Calitzdorp. I am also an ambassador for IJR. There are a lot of social issues in my community, like alcohol and drug misuse, GBV, racism, economic inequality, etc. One of the things that disturb my soul is that our rural community is always left behind and our youth suffer the greatest consequences of the unemployment rate and lack of opportunity. As young adults we also face the aftermath of the apartheid system that placed us in a disadvantage position. This led to several crimes and social issues like, if we don’t have we will want to steal or break in just to have and to survive. Talking about survival and rural communities, people of colour live in a constant survival mode. We don’t have wealth or land to have a constant flow of income. In Calitzdorp the facilities are either out of order or it is under construction. We don’t even have an internet café to use the internet to our advantage and all of this issues fuel the issue of mental health problems. We, also, have a high rate of a lack of father and mother figures, and healthy families where we can have open relationships to talk about anything in life.