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Trends and Black Swans

Trends and Black Swans

by Tara Polzer Ngwato | COVID-19, Social Cohesion & Protest

Trends matter a great deal, especially for research and planning. And so what happens in a time of crisis, when all standards seem to change? What is the point of a trend if there is a sudden and unpredictable disruption – like COVID-19 – altering the best-laid plans...
Bridging the Gap between South Africa’s Lofty Ideals and Violent Reality

Bridging the Gap between South Africa’s Lofty Ideals and Violent Reality

by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Gender & Sexuality, Social Cohesion & Protest

Freedom House South Africa Director Paul Graham writes that an informed solution to South Africa’s chronic gender-based violence and collective violence against foreign nationals must take into account insights from research into the nature of this violence, including...
Measuring South Africa’s National Trajectory

Measuring South Africa’s National Trajectory

by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Poverty & Inequality, Social Cohesion & Protest

Where is South Africa headed over the next ten years? Beyond the emotional ups and downs of the daily news cycle, what underlying indicators do we need to track to assess the long-term stability of the country and the probably trajectory in terms of social cohesion?...
Context not Cause: Migration and Social Cohesion

Context not Cause: Migration and Social Cohesion

by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Events, Social Cohesion & Protest

On 7 Sept 2018, Dr Tara Polzer Ngwato, Social Surveys Research Director, presented a paper at the International Conference on Migration – Southern Perspectives on Migration: Addressing Knowledge Production, Policies and Cooperation. The conference was hosted by...
Understanding Community-Level Social Cohesion: Insights from a 10-Community Survey

Understanding Community-Level Social Cohesion: Insights from a 10-Community Survey

by Tara Polzer Ngwato | Social Cohesion & Protest

In 2016-2017, Social Surveys Africa conducted a study with Freedom House South Africa in 10 communities across South Africa which had experienced various forms of collective violence and protest in recent years. 4000 residents of these communities (400 randomly...
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