Crime and Redemption in Cape Town: How one organization has turned to curing South Africa’s epidemic of violence, one offender at a time

By J.R. Reed One of the yellow walls of the First Community Resource Centre (FCRC) in Hanover Park, a township in Cape Town, is plastered with the front pages of major South African newspapers. Tabloid-esque headlines proclaim “In the Line of Fire” and “Cape Town’s Most Dangerous Streets” in oversized red, black, and white fonts. …