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Building Political and Administrative Capacity for Community Safety
This Practice Guide aims to improve the capacity of the political and administrative arms of cities, to collaborate on safety and foster a shared vision that resonates and is embedded across city functions.
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Enhancing the Role of Local Governments in Building Safer Communities in South Africa
The South Africa Local Government Association has developed a position paper to outline the roles and responsibilities of local government in enhancing community safety.
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Understanding Violence and Crime Prevention
What is Violence? Violence can mean many things and so it is important to have a clear understanding of what distinguishes violence from other crimes.
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Early Intervention to Prevent Crime and Violence, and Promote Safety
The demographic profile of the South African population as well as evidence that childhood and teenage years influence a person’s later life significantly also in regard to prevalence to violence and crime as a victim or perpetrator resonates in the importance of early intervention, multi-systemic and cognitive therapy, early childhood development interventions and school-based programmes.
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Building Youth Resilience through Gender Transformative Approaches
02 Apr 2024
Building Youth Resilience through Gender Transformative Approaches
Dreaming a better urban future with Open Streets: ideas from three African cities
14 Mar 2024 | by Marcela Guerrero Casas & Dustin Kramer
Dreaming a better urban future with Open Streets: ideas from three African cities
Lessons from Children & Youth Case Studies
04 Mar 2024 | by Emma de Villiers | Fixed Africa
Lessons from Children & Youth Case Studies

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DSD Sector Funding Policy: Seminar for NPOs
05 Mar 2024 | Institute for Security Studies
Online
DSD Sector Funding Policy: Seminar for NPOs

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Crime Mapping – Stellenbosch Pilot Project
Crime Mapping (Pty) Ltd | Western Cape

One of the biggest challenges in evidence based policing is the acquisition of reliable data to measure the effectiveness of…

National Youth Resilience Initiative
GIZ South Africa | National (all SA)

The National Youth Resilience Initiative (NYRI) was conceptualised in 2020 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of…

Kind Heart Bench Project
| Western Cape

The aim of the project is to focus on the issues that our pupils deal with on a daily basis,…

Resources

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SaferSpaces Gazette 31 March 2024 - Other
Civilian Secretariat for Police Service | 31 Mar 2024
Practice Guide Building Political and Administrative Capacity to Respond Collaboratively to Community Safety in South African Cities - Guide/Manual
South African Cities Network, GIZ South Africa | 01 Apr 2024
Mamelodi East CPF Safety Strategy Community Safety Plan -
African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum
Diepsloot CPF Safety Strategy Community Safety Plan - Report/Study
African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum | 20 Feb 2024

Meet the Community

Welcome to the newly registered safety practitioners and organisations. Find out how you can join.

Mr Lonwabo Mayekiso
LLM SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING CONSULTANTS(PTY)LTD
Miss Monica Brown
South Africa Scream Pty Ltd
Mr Kgaile Mpholo
South African Police Service
Mr Robert Mwanyepedza
Nelson Mandela University
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Crime Mapping (Pty) Ltd
Crime Mapping (Pty) Ltd
Western Cape
Ground Up Collective
Ground Up Collective
International, National (all SA), Western Cape
Geopolitical Intelligence Advisory
Geopolitical Intelligence Advisory
International, National (all SA)
Siyakholwa support care centre
Siyakholwa support care centre
National (all SA)
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