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South Africa has the legislation but not enough action against gender-based violence

Opinion Zama Mboyisa & Richard Chelin - 12 Jul 2020

The long list of committees and programmes addressing the issue look good on paper. In terms of achievements, however, none of them can be ticked off as successful

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Ruff justice: Meet the dogs helping put child rapists behind bars

Article Dhashen Moodley - 19 Nov 2019

Victim testimonies can be key to securing convictions. They can also be traumatic. Meet the furry friends coming to the rescue.

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Father hopes for justice as Cardinal Pell waits on appeal verdict

Article Holly Robertson - 19 Aug 2019

The former Vatican number three, is appealing against his conviction on five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

W. Cape education dept clarifies school rape incident

Article Western Cape Education & Department 1 - 20 Mar 2019

The Western Cape education department responds to an article in the Mail & Guardian

Dros rape accused to go on trial in September

Article Alex Mitchley - 5 Mar 2019

The trial will be held in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria and is expected to run from September 9 to 20.

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Cardinal admits Church files on paedophile priests ‘destroyed’

Article Ella Ide - 23 Feb 2019

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented summit of the world's top bishops

Sierra Leone declares national rape emergency

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 11 Feb 2019

President Julius Bio has raised the maximum punishment for rape of a minor and called on the country to address its rape "scourge"

Protests expected as alleged ‘Dros rapist’ appears in court

Article Alex Mitchley - 2 Oct 2018

Among the groups expected to protest are nonprofit organisation #Notinmyname, the ANCWL, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Democratic Alliance

Editorial: Make SA safe for children

Article Editorial - 28 Sep 2018

The current public scrutiny on the levels of violence against children is welcome but we cannot mistake it for action

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Dros confirms ‘incident’ following rape of seven-year-old at restaurant

Article Mashadi Kekana - 26 Sep 2018

The steakhouse franchise group has confirmed the incident and says it is in contact with the family while the police investigate

Sex-for-food claims in Boko Haram-hit Nigeria

Africa Agency - 24 May 2018

Amnesty International has urged the country to act on claims soldiers and members of the civilian militia have raped women and girls in remote camps

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Voluntourism: What’s wrong with it and how it can be changed

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Nov 2017

A travel trend of people "doing good" has come under heavy criticism as people inadvertently perpetuate unhelpful ideas about the places they visit.

Three countries. Three heartbreaks. One week

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 15 Sep 2017

To be a woman in Kenya, South Africa or Zimbabwe means to be in perpetual fear of some form of abuse at the hands of men

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[EXCLUSIVE] If you were raped, here are your chances of finding justice

Article Mia Malan - 17 Aug 2017

New, never before conducted research reveals the road rape survivors and police walk to justice denied.

Child rape in Diepsloot: The shocking story that sparked outrage

Article Mia Malan - 24 Nov 2016

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

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