South Africa is viewed as one of the most violent society in the world. The questions that must be asked are how did we come to be such a violent people? Where does this vicious violent culture come from? Prof. Manhood Mundani of Makerere University in Uganda help us in answering this questions partly by saying that: “The present is not its own explanation.” In other words, the violence culture and behaviour we experience in our homes, schools, streets and roads lies in the distant past, not in the observable behaviour of the moment.

Guest : Rev NJ Tshawane of the Centre for Non-violence conflict reconcilation