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It is evident that confronting the phenomenon of UN peacekeeping rape head-on is an urgent matter, which has been swept under the carpet by the organisation for the last decade. Tim Murithi, Head of the Justice and Reconciliation in Africa Programme at IJR, shares his views and concerns on the untold suffering and brutality on innocent civilians by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers.

Students around the country, through various campus movements, have objected to the ways in which the present remains trapped by the past and how current inequalities and injustices particularly in education, are still being perpetuated through institutions and organisations in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Eleanor du Plooy, Project Leader for Ashley Kriel Youth Leadership Development Project at IJR shares her views and recommendations on why the issues raised by the students should be addressed.