Latest articles on Domestic Violence

Editorial: We must treat GBV as a pandemic

Editorial Editorial - 18 Jun 2020

It has been easier to get someone arrested for breaking lockdown regulations than to get the authorities to respond to calls from women who are being beaten to death

Safeguarding women’s rights during the Covid-19 shutdown

Article Susan Tolmay & Colleen Lowe Morna - 24 Mar 2020

Women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly considering their contribution as caregivers, in both professional and domestic settings

Viwe Dalingozi burned to death. Will she get justice?

Article Vukani Mde - 13 Sep 2019

In the first part of a series, the Mail & Guardian tells the story of her violent death, a botched investigation and her family’s quest for justice

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All Blacks coach winds back on domestic violence comments

Article Agency - 10 Jul 2019

Steve Hansen moves to clarify comments he made, downplaying the role of gender in domestic violence

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Violence raises the urgent need for more health services

Article Angelica Pino - 15 Mar 2019

South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world

Justice fails when too much is at stake

Article Athandiwe Saba - 8 Mar 2019

A large number of cases related to domestic violence are being withdrawn. Prosecutors explain why.

The horror of abuse taking place in SA’s bedrooms

Article Raeesa Pather - 8 Mar 2019

Babes Wodumo’s beating is public knowledge but thousands more suffer the same fate. Five women tell their stories

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Mampintsha out on R2000 bail, threatens to lay charges against Babes Wodumo

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 5 Mar 2019

After his arrest on Tuesday, Mampintsha has been released on bail and is threatening to lay charges against Bongekile Simelane, aka Babes Wodumo.

Customary wives in fight against marital abuse

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Feb 2019

Depending on the resources they have access to, women can call family meetings to shame their husbands or use the full weight of statutory law

Myths shroud queer abuse

Article Kagure Mugo - 30 Nov 2018

The idea that violence is heterosexually defined silences same-sex victims

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PowerFM boss Given Mkhari, wife assault matters withdrawn – NPA

Article Kaveel Singh - 3 Aug 2018

Court matters against PowerFM boss Given Mkhari and his wife Ipeleng were withdrawn in the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday

Youth is not an excuse

Article Kiri Rupiah - 29 Jun 2018

XXXTentacion’s death shows that society is still not primed to listen to the victims of abuse

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Here’s how the police strategy to curb violent crime could work

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Jun 2018

To significantly reduce violence and harm in South Africa, the police should expand the strategy in three ways

South Africa’s killer men, smiling and unfazed

Article Staff Reporter - 10 May 2018

When a man is convicted of assaulting or murdering a woman, would you expect them to smile, laugh or make peace signs?

A silence that begins at home

Article Kagure Mugo - 1 Nov 2017

We need to air our own complicity in muting the voices of sexual assault victims

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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Refugees the scapegoat of SA’s ills

Birgit Schwarz - 17 Sep 2020

A girl’s experience tells the story of xenophobia and how it robbed her of a sense of belonging

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'