Ozzie football player Milne charged with rape
Australian Football League star Stephen Milne has been charged with the rape of a 19-year-old woman, nine years after the original investigation.
Man arrested for several Mpumalanga rapes, murders
A man has been arrested in Pretoria for several rapes, murders and armed robberies in the Daantjie area outside Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Convicted rapists freed after retired judge's errors
The Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned the verdicts and sentences given in two cases by a Limpopo judge to two convicted rapists, reports Beeld.
Don't victimise rape victims
A radical change of attitude is needed among South Africans regarding sex crimes, writes Kwena Moloto.
Lennox calls on SA to fight gender-based violence
An emotional Annie Lennox called on South Africans to do more to fight the scourge of violence against women and children.
Rape in South Africa: Desperately seeking a political champion
Without the government's will to curb gender violence, our rape statistics will continue to be the worst in the world.
[Video] Rape: Our nation's shame
In a country where most rape cases go unreported, a silent protest at five university campuses around South Africa found a new voice against the scourge.
India's missing children: Questions swirl around police apathy
Child rights activists say the rape of a five-year-old girl is the latest case in which India's police have failed to act on a missing child report.
India: 25% chop in tourist visits since fatal gang rape
A tourism industry survey in India has shown tourists are shunning travel there over sexual assault fears, contradicting the state's rosy picture.
Sexual assault in jail is common and brutal
Rape has become an accepted form of punishment for those in prison. Civil society groups say correctional services is doing nothing to change that.
Angelina Jolie takes trip to DRC in bid to tackle sexual violence
Angelina Jolie has gone on a visit to the DRC in a bid to encourage world powers to do more to tackle rape and sexual assault in war zones.
[Slideshow] Nandipha
Nandipha, now 25, has shared with Demelza Bush the tragic story of her "corrective rape", resulting in a life filled with constant fear.
Don't blame apartheid for rape crimes
It is now 19 years later, and those found breaking the law are mostly under 30. So, in which way did apartheid play a role?
New Delhi gang-rape accused commits suicide
The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December has hanged himself in jail while in solitary confinement.
What I learnt from my rapist brother
It has been almost 30 years since Mbuyiselo Botha's brother committed rape. He did not have a clue about what rape did to its survivors.
But when the bough breaks ...
‘Baby bins' can mean the difference between life – and death at the bottom of a trash can.
Morocco's Parliament pledges to change rape law
A Morocco law that allows a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim is being amended by the kingdom's Parliament.
Who killed Charlene Makaza?
A Zimbabwean child died in New Zealand and her uncle was tried for her murder. That's when South African experts on child rape were called in.
Rape begets rape – SA's brutal legacy
Studies show that men who themselves are victims are more likely to abuse women
Zuma: No woman or child should be beaten or raped
Women and children should not have to face violence or rape anywhere in South Africa, says President Jacob Zuma.
