Publication

This report provides an exploration of some key issues affecting ex-combatants in South Africa. It is based on a series of in-depth interviews and focus groups with former members of various armed groupings. The analysis is organized under six inter-related themes: betrayal, the SANDF experience, community expectations, perceptions and the stigmatization of ex-combatants, violence and crime, trauma and distress, and revenge violence, former enemies and reconciliation.