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2011 Publications and Resources
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2011 Transformation Audit: From Inequality to Inclusive Growth were the Department of Economic Development’s New Growth Path, and the National Planning Commission’s Draft National Development Plan. We know now what the problems are and, by and large, what needs to change to address them. Courage is required now to forge consensus, to take decisions on strategies, and to start implementing them. As in previous years, this publication, with its slightly different format and appearance, seeks to provide analysis and provoke debate on how this might be achieved.
2011 Transformation Audit: From Inequality to Inclusive Growth
The 2011 Transformation Audit presents a collection of articles by South African thought leaders, which asks how the country can set goals and achieve them in a hostile global climate that threatens developmental gains that have been painstakingly achieved. For nearly two decades, South Africans have conducted exhaustive analyses of the country’s challenges, embarked on bold scenario exercises and, more recently, produced forward-looking strategies aimed at addressing these challenges. The most eminent of these in recent years
2011 SA ReconciliAtion BARometeR SuRvey: 2011 RepoRt
he Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) is an independent, non-governmental organisation established in 2000 in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), with the aims of ensuring that the lessons of South Africa’s successful transition to democracy remain fundamental principles central to government and society as the country moves forward. Today, the IJR works to build fair, democratic and inclusive societies across Africa after conflict.
Since 2003, the IJR’s Political Analysis programme has conducted the South African Reconciliation Barometer survey: an annual national public opinion poll that measures citizen attitudes towards reconciliation, transformation and national unity in post-apartheid South Africa. Change in these complex social trends is measured through six key indicators: human security, political culture, cross-cutting political relations, race relations, historical confrontation and dialogue. As one of the few dedicated social surveys on reconciliation in Africa and worldwide, the Barometer has become an important resource for encouraging national debate, informing decision-makers, developing policy and provoking new analysis and theory on reconciliation in post-conflict societies. The SA Reconciliation Barometer has been extremely successful in terms of its objectives and indicators. As yet, no other institution in South Africa has embarked on a similar project. To ensure its ongoing relevance, it will be important to listen to the views of people around the country, and hear their thoughts about national reconciliation. The research instrument is of great value, not only to the Institute, but the country as a whole. Jan Hofmeyr, manager of the IJR Political Analysis Programme The SARB is an amazing project ... It is an extremely important kind of research and I think that its scope should be broadened (include more respondents and ask more questions). It should be the starting point for policy-makers to design reconciliation-oriented policies (on a national and grass-roots level). Dr Annelie Verdoolaege, Ghent University
From inequality to inclusive growth
The IJR and the Reconciliation Barometer project are generously supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Open Society
South Africa's pursuit of sharedFoundation-South prosperity in extraordinary Africa (OSF-SA).times For more information, visit the IJR website at www.ijr.org.za or the SA Reconciliation Barometer Blog at www.reconciliationbarometer.org.
Economic Governance: Policy stability amidst global volatility
Employment: Is the labour movement still representing the working class?
Education: School ratings that miss the mark?
Poverty and Inequality: Unsustainable development?
Public Opinion: Economic insecurity in a time of uncertainty
an annual publication of the institute for justice and reconciliation
Hope, Pain & Patience: The Lives of Women in South Sudan Edited by Friederike Bubenzer and Orly Stern The publication offers an engaging account of the historic experiences, social, political, economic and cultural contributions of women in South Sudan. It contains individual topic categories which include the involvement of women in the war, forced marriage, motherhood, contestations and challenges to women’s leadership and political participation, HIV and Aids to mention but a few. Towards Ensuring Free and Fair Elections – SADC/Zimbabwe Road Map: Civil Society Role and Challenges The African Public Policy and Research Institute (APPRI) in collaboration with the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) Zimbabwe in Transition: A View From Within Edited by Tim Murithi and Aquilina Mawadza Zimbabwe’s transition to democracy in the post-independence era has been a very difficult one, defined by complex political and economic challenges. To understand the complexities of these efforts this new publication critically examines both the historical and contemporary dynamics shaping political and economic developments in the country. Building Blocks for Democracy – Welkom Oral History Resource Guide: Exploring Non-Racialism in Welkom’s Schools This second resource guide in our Building Blocks series is based on workshops activities conducted during 2010 with Grade 10 learners and teachers at schools in Welkom, Free State, exploring the theme of ‘Building nonracialism in the education sector in Welkom’. African Identities: Shades of Belonging This 6-DVD pack and booklet features 17 remarkable self-made short documentaries resulting from the African Identities project, which brought together youth from different African nations to explore issues of identity through filmmaking.
Memory, Arts and Culture as a tool for reconciliation with instructional DVD – Memory: Shades of Belonging Since 2006 the Institute has developed a method to involve and encourage the youth to use arts in their communities as a platform to share narratives and learn from each other. An instructional DVD, based on footage taken from the course, which provides further guidance on how to make and play indigenous musical instruments. The DVD is accompanied by a resource guide. 2011 SA Reconciliation Barometer Survey Report The South African Reconciliation Barometer is an annual public opinion survey. Since its launch in 2003, the Barometer has provided a nationally representative measure of citizen attitudes towards national reconciliation, social cohesion, transformation and democratic governance. SA Reconciliation Barometer Quarterly Newsletter Volume 9, Issue 1–4 Transformation Audit 2011: From inequality to inclusive growth The Transformation Audit provides an annual review of progress in attaining socio-economic justice in South Africa by means of a unique scorecard methodology, developed specifically by a team of leading South African economists. The Transformation Audit scorecards are supplemented by commissioned groundbreaking analysis by some of the country’s top economists and political analysts. Available on transformationaudit.org IJR Occasional Papers 2011: Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: The Case of Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts
The IJR regularly publishes Policy Briefs on various relevant topics, which are distributed to policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders. The following were published in 2011: IJR Policy Brief No 2: On corruption in South Africa: An alternative interpretation for the case of the Police Service By Lucia Tiscornia Policy Brief No 3: L’opportunité de la mise en place de la commission vérité et réconciliation au Burundi By Astere Muyango IJR Policy Brief No 4: Taming the demon of Kenya’s election Violence: A strategy for the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) By Alice Nderitu IJR Policy Brief No 5: Planning for the future: Considerations relating to the mandate and bureaucratic context of the National Planning Commission’s National Development Plan By Ralph Mathekga JRP-IJR 2011 Uganda Consultation Report: Enhancing Grassroots Involvement in Transitional Justice Debates By the JRP in collaboration with the IJR RP-IJR 2011 Uganda Policy Brief – Traditional Justice: Policy Brief No 1 By Lino Owor Ogora and Tim Murithi JRP-IJR 2011 Uganda Policy Brief – Reparations: Policy Brief No 2 By Lindsay McClain and Allan Ngari JRP-IJR 2011 Uganda Policy Brief – Truthseeking: Policy Brief No 3
By Fanie du Toit
By Roza Freriks and Lino Owor Ogora
IJR Occasional Papers 2011 – The ICC and Community-Level Reconciliation in Africa: In-Country Perspectives
JRP-IJR 2011 Uganda Policy Brief – Gender: Policy Brief No 4
Edited by Tim Murithi and Allan Ngari
By Sylvia Opinia and Friederike Bubenzer