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  • Urban News Roundup: March 20, 2015

    By Maitagorri Schade on 20 March 2015 Governance, Planning, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News, Story

    Cairo to be replaced by new planned capital city Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital somewhere to Cairo’s east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and potentially be home to as many as 7 million people, with the aim of boosting the … Continued

  • Weekly news roundup: November 28, 2014.

    By Christy Zinn on 28 November 2014 Culture, Governance, Planning, Violence/ Crime | African Cities Story

    The week’s headlines from across the continent.

  • Weekly news roundup: November 14, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 14 November 2014 Employment, Health, Housing, Land, Roads, Violence/ Crime | African Cities Story

    The week’s headlines from across the continent.

  • Weekly news roundup: October 17, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 17 October 2014 Culture, Elections, Evictions, Rail, Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News

    The week’s headlines from across the continent

  • Weekly news roundup: October 3, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 3 October 2014 Elections, Evictions, Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News, Story

    The week’s headlines from across the continent

  • Weekly news roundup: September 19, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 19 September 2014 Economy, Governance, Health, Housing, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News

    The week’s headlines from across the continent.

  • Weekly news roundup: September 5, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 5 September 2014 Elections, Environmental management, Health, Housing, Informality, Violence/ Crime, Waste | African Cities News

    This week’s headlines from across the continent

  • Weekly news roundup: August 22, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 22 August 2014 Evictions, Slums, Violence/ Crime, Water and sanitation | African Cities News

    The week’s headlines from across the continent

  • Weekly news roundup: August 8, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 8 August 2014 Food security, Governance, Housing, Social services, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News

    The week’s headlines from across the continent

  • Weekly news roundup: July 25, 2014

    By Christy Zinn on 25 July 2014 Governance, Power, Slums, Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | African Cities News

    The week’s headlines from across the continent

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  • The barricaded shops of Delft South

    By Andrew Charman, Nava Derakhshani on 11 May 2016 Violence/ Crime | Cape Town, Delft Human Rights

    Shop-keepers in Delft South, an area with one of the highest crime rates in South Africa, are fortifying their stores with cages to protect themselves from criminals.

  • Media as empowerment for youth in Mitchells Plain

    By Mercy Brown-Luthango, Safer Spaces on 9 February 2016 Film, Violence/ Crime | Cape Town Culture

    Media programme give young people tools to share their stories and experiences of violence in the Cape Flats.

  • Enhancing safety through upgrading: Experiences from Cape Town

    By Mercy Brown-Luthango on 28 January 2015 Urban design, Violence/ Crime | Cape Town Built Environment, Human Rights

    Mercy Brown-Luthango from the African Centre for Cities shares preliminary findings from a research project that looks at the effectiveness of different urban upgrading approaches in Cape Town’s informal settlements with regards to safety.

  • Have you heard of Mnyama Ndawo?

    By Simone Haysom on 16 October 2014 Violence/ Crime | Johannesburg, South Africa Human Rights

    Mnyama Ndawo is an abandoned building somewhere in Berea – not that any child has ever seen it for themselves. If a thief runs past you down Commissioner Street with his arms full of stolen goods you know where he’s going! – Mnyama Ndawo.  The basement of Mnyama Ndawo breathes out unmarked cars with tinted … Continued

  • Gangs target children in Cape Town

    By Christy Zinn on 8 July 2014 Urban politics, Violence/ Crime | Cape Town Governance, Human Rights

    The proliferation of gang violence in working class suburbs of Cape Town requires collaborative intervention – and fast.

  • Nairobbery: life in the fenced city

    By Gemma Solés on 10 March 2014 Built Environment, Housing, Human Rights, Slums, Violence/ Crime | Kenya, Nairobi Built Environment

    Last September the world was shocked by terrorist group al-Shabaab’s killing of 67 people in Nairobi’s Westgate mall. But long before al-Shabaab’s brazen mall attack, in retaliation for Kenyan military intervention in Somalia, Nairobi already had a reputation for being one of the most dangerous cities in Africa. So much so that it has earned … Continued

  • Three Fellowship Opportunities for African Doctoral Candidates

    By on 18 September 2017 Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Uganda Fellowship

    The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote the next generation of social science researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics. All applications must be submitted using the online application portal. The application … Continued

  • Call for Abstracts: Safety and Violence Initiative

    By on 12 September 2017 Violence/ Crime | Cape Town, South Africa Call for abstracts

    The Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town is inviting abstracts for papers to be presented at a conference entitled Preventing Violence and Promoting Safety in Fragile and Insecure Environments.  The conference takes place from 27 to 28 November 2017 at the River Club in Observatory, Cape Town. The multidisciplinary conference … Continued

  • Research associate: Sustainable energy access in mozambique

    By Admin on 20 January 2017 Power, Violence/ Crime | Mozambique Job

    Research associate position available at University College London to work on the project “Sustainable Energy Access in Mozambique: Socio-political factors in conflict-laden urban areas”.

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    Call for papers: International Conference on Urban Planning, Governance and Design for Reducing Urban Conflicts and Violence

    By Admin on 1 September 2015 Planning, Urban design, Violence/ Crime | World Cities Call for abstracts, Call for papers, Conference

    There is a need to re-focus on the potential and possibilities of urban planning, design and governance to create inclusive, just and sustainable cities.

  • Call for Papers: Annual Congress of the South African Sociological Association

    By Admin on 27 February 2015 Violence/ Crime | African Cities Call for papers

    SASA’s next annual congress will take place at the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg from 28 June to 1 July 2015. While papers that relate to the overall conference theme of Contours of Violence are particularly welcome, a broad range of urban studies papers are invited and the conversation will not be limited to a focus on violence.

  • The State of Urban Safety in South African Cities 2018/2019

    By on 3 May 2019 Human Rights, Violence/ Crime | South Africa report

    The South African Cities Network has released its third edition of the annual State of Urban Safety in South African report.

  • The State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report

    By Urban Safety Reference Group on 14 September 2017 Violence/ Crime | South Africa report

    Produced by members of the Urban Safety Reference Group hosted by the South African Cities Network, with the support of the GIZ-Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme, The State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report is an update of the state of crime and violence in South Africa’s major cities, and a review of knowledge … Continued

  • Collective (in) efficacy, substance abuse and violence in ‘‘Freedom Park,’’ Cape Town

    By Admin on 27 September 2016 Violence/ Crime | Cape Town Journal Articles

    Using collective efficacy as a lens, the paper tries to understand high levels of violence and crime within a recently upgraded urban settlement in Cape Town.

  • The Effect of Fear of Crime and Crime Victimization on Subjective Well-Being in Africa

    By Admin on 27 May 2016 Violence/ Crime | African Cities Journal Articles

    This paper examines how fear of crime and crime victimization affect the well-being of people in Africa.

  • Collective (in) efficacy, substance abuse and violence in ‘‘Freedom Park,’’ Cape Town

    By Admin on 19 June 2015 Urban Development, Violence/ Crime | Cape Town, South Africa Journal Articles

    This paper tries to understand high levels of violence and crime within an upgraded urban settlement in Cape Town.

  • “Xenophobia” in South Africa: Order, Chaos, and the Moral Economy of Witchcraft

    By Jason Hickel on 3 June 2014 Culture, History, Human Rights, Poverty, Refugees, Social exclusion, Violence/ Crime | African Cities, Johannesburg, South Africa report

    Jason Hickel (2014).  “Xenophobia” in South Africa: Order, Chaos, and the Moral Economy of Witchcraft. Cultural Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 1,  pages 103–127. Abstract This article explores the violent, anti-immigrant riots that swept through informal settlements in South Africa in 2008, during which more than sixty foreigners were killed and more than one hundred thousand … Continued

  • The contours of disorder: crime maps and territorial policing in South Africa

    By Darshan Vigneswaran on 7 May 2014 Governance, Urban politics, Violence/ Crime | Johannesburg, South Africa Papers

    Organised violence strongly shapes political boundaries. The modern state’s monopoly on legitimate violence has made national borders the primary dividing line between peaceful and violent places. However, governments that are unable to achieve such a monopoly may opt for the more modest goal of moderating the distribution of violent behaviour across their jurisdiction. This paper … Continued

  • ‘Men value their dignity’: securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa

    By Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes, Yandisa Sikweyiya on 25 April 2014 Human Rights, Social exclusion, Violence/ Crime | African Cities, South Africa Papers

    Background: Urban informal settlements remain sites of high HIV incidence and prevalence, as well as violence. Increasing attention is paid to how configurations of young men’s masculinities shape these practices through exploring how men build respect and identity. In this paper, we explore how young Black South Africans in two urban informal settlements construct respect … Continued

  • Effective Crime Prevention in Durban, South Africa

    By Cookie Edwards, Oliver Zambuko on 27 February 2013 Violence/ Crime | Durban, South Africa Case Studies

    South Africa has experienced soaring crime levels during the last years of apartheid, which continue unabated into the ten years of democracy. Durban, the largest city in the KwaZulu-Natal province, has increased by 15% between 2001/2002 and 2004/2005, with more than 190 000 cases of crime between 2004/2005. The city officials have therefore forged development negotiations, peace pacts and partnerships that have come about as mechanisms to prevent crime in Durban. This has been facilitated…

  • Building Urban Safety through Slum Upgrading

    By UN-HABITAT on 22 February 2013 Built Environment, Human Rights, Slums, Violence/ Crime | African Cities

    Excluded from the city’s opportunities, physically, politically and economically marginalized, slum dwellers are particularly vulnerable to crime and violence. They face an acute risk of becoming victims or offenders and live in a state of constant insecurity. Only a few cities have incorporated a coherent component to prevent crime and mitigate violence in their urban development agendas. Impact on urban safety has occurred somewhat unexpectedly. That is the main lesson to be drawn from the pages of this book: urban policy integration. “Among the several forms of…

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