8 articles in this issue
Chandre Gould, Vanessa Barolsky
This is the editorial for a speical edition of SACQ exploring the links between social cohesion and violence in South Africa.
Don Pinnock
The term community is a moving target, widely used and often misused in defining a group of people in a particular area or with similar cultural practices. In Cape Town the sense of a loss of community is precisely what residents of an area known as Distr... see more
Vanessa Emma Barolsky
The concept of social cohesion is increasingly being utilised in local and international policy discourse and scholarship. The idea of collective efficacy, defined as ‘social cohesion among neighbours combined with their willingness of intervene on behalf... see more
Joanna S Wheeler
This paper explores relationships between political actors, local governance and violence in a community, through the case of security provision in the township of Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town. It traces the actions of key actors including SANCO, the City o... see more
Malose Langa, Themba Masuku, David Bruce, Hugo van der Merwe
In recent years, the term “social cohesion” has become an important concept in post-apartheid South Africa.[i] In this paper, we discuss the potential of the Community Work Programme (CWP) as a violence-prevention project based on a study conducted[... see more
Benjamin J. Roberts, Steven L. Gordon
Fear of crime, like crime itself, is thought to be a factor that constrains efforts by government and non-state actors at promoting socially cohesive communities and a caring society. As concern over South Africa's social fabric have mounted, increa... see more
Anine Kriegler, Mark Shaw
Achieving ‘social cohesion’ across race and class divides in South African settlements is a major challenge given the divided urban geography of apartheid. Cosmo City, a new mixed-use settlement North-West of Johannesburg, was conceived and designed for s... see more