Something powerful happened in Wynberg last week. Over three days, from 3–5 December, a diverse group of government officials, social workers, community practitioners, and NGO partners came together for a Conflict Resolution and Mediation Training Programme run by Khulisa Social Solutions, the Society of Mediators (UK), and the Department of Social Development (DSD).

A groundbreaking mediation programme launching at the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court Training Centre from 3–5 December 2025 is set to change the way conflict is understood and resolved across Western Cape communities.

Communities across South Africa face intense and rapidly growing conflict caused by economic hardship, mistrust of policing structures, youth frustration, and unresolved trauma. These issues were clearly shown in two mediation dialogues organised by Khulisa Social Solutions and the Society of Mediators (SoM, UK) in Orange Farm and Wedela on 19 and 20 November.

Khulisa Social Solutions, in partnership with the internationally recognised Society of Mediators (SoM), is
launching a pioneering Community Conflict Mediation Training and Deployment Programme to equip
grassroots leaders with the skills to resolve conflicts at their source and actively promote social
cohesion.

Khulisa Social Solutions is demonstrating that lasting solutions to complex communitychallenges emerge through social cohesion — when people, systems, and resources align to address
problems at their root.

Khulisa Social Solutions is proud to announce the implementation of its SIT (Systematic Integrated Therapy) narrative process in 10 wards across Rustenburg over the coming months.

Khulisa Social Solutions (Khulisa), in collaboration with Nanete Minaar, recently conducted an intensive two-day Healing Trauma training to tackle this widespread crisis.

Across South Africa, the headlines are grim: violence in schools is spiralling, public spaces are becoming no-go zones, and communities are fragmenting under the weight of fear, poverty, and substance abuse. But there is another story—one we urgently need to
hear.

On the 9 th May 2025, Khulisa Social Solutions hosted a powerful one-day workshop in the Western Cape, bringing together all its provincial social workers and auxiliary social workers for transformative training in narrative therapy and innovative thinking.