What is it about?
The article demonstrates, through focus on a failing mine, how South Africa remains a society caught up in chronic violence, despite its vision of being a rainbow nation. The systemic relationship between corruption, official collusion with illegality, environmental damage and exploitation of workers typifies what is theorised as 'chronic violence'.
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Why is it important?
We need to understand what factors continue to promote violence in societies that have achieved democracy.
Perspectives
A key issue for those in South Africa working for violence is how we develop the understanding of what exactly it is that we are tackling, so that our action is well-informed.
Mr Crispin Michael Hemson
Durban University of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Violence at the End of the Rainbow, Peace Review, January 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10402659.2013.759764.
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