“Eastward and westward storms are breaking,
great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood
and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable.”
– W.E.B. Du Bois

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If an elephant has its food on the tail of a mouse
and you say that you are neutral, the mouse
will not appreciate your neutrality.”
– Desmond Tutu

“In time, we shall be in a position to bestow
on South Africa the greatest possible gift
      – a more human face.”
– Steven Biko

"The fight for freedom must go on until it is won;
until our country is free and happy and peaceful
as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.”
– Oliver Tambo

“Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination
have spawned slavery, when human beings have
bought and sold and owned and branded fellow
human beings as if they were so many
beasts of burden.”
&nbsp                                 –   Desmond Tutu

“Verbal abuse. Swearing. Threats. Intimidation.
Harassment. Bullying. Vandalism. Graffiti.
You don’t have to be hit for it to be a hate crime.”
        – Lothian and police borders, 2010

Jan 2013 to Sept 2017 – Full Report
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Hate & Bias Crime Monitoring Form

The Hate Crimes Monitoring Project, which aims to determine and describe the nature and extent of hate crimes in South Africa, is managed by the research sub-committee of the HCWG, led by the Unisa Department of Psychology and supported by Ubora Research Solutions together with local and international experts. The HCWG Hate & Bias Crime Monitoring Form and its accompanying User Guide is a rigorous research instrument developed by the research sub-committee, in consultation with the member organisations of the HCWG, and piloted across sectors and in different settings before its finalisation. The Monitoring Form is currently utilised by the HCWG, acting under the auspices of ethical clearance obtained from Unisa, in partnership with key civil society organisations in five provinces (Eastern Cape/ Gauteng/ KwaZulu-Natal/ Limpopo/ Western Cape) to provide a baseline record for a five year longitudinal study (2013 – 2017). The Monitoring Form has also recently been developed into an online system to track real time events.

Hate & Bias Crime Form

Understanding & Responding to Hate Crime
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To view the “Understanding and responding to Hate Crime” presentation by Juan Nel, CLICK HERE.

Steering Committee Members