ICON Calls For National Dialogue On Violence

This document is a news post on the Durban University of Technology (DUT) website titled “ICON Calls For National Dialogue on Violence,” dated 28 August 2013. It states that after the Marikana killings of 34 miners by police, the International Centre of Nonviolence (ICON) at DUT calls for a national dialogue to end violence in South African society. The post argues that post-1994 reconciliation and institution-building are not enough, and that political action has too often focused on identifying enemies rather than building a civic culture that values all lives, referencing ubuntu and respect. It includes a quoted statement by Crispin Hemson, ICON Director.