/ 11 March 2021

Culture of sexual abuse rife in SANDF

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Rank and file: Sexual violence cases usually involve a perpetrator of a higher rank, the ministerial report into gender violence has found, but rape culture is found in all parts of the military. (Michele Spatari/AFP)

Rape, kidnapping and victim-blaming are endemic and perpetrators protected, report finds

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