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Survivors of gender-based violence fight to be heard

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Gender-based violence is escalating as the social crisis deepens. Some activists want a special council for survivors
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A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands

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After ​Marchillino Ambraal was gang-raped a second time and a friend was killed, he wants to see justice done
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Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege?

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The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC
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‘Orange cops are bad, blue cops are good’

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An anti-rape campaigner says metro police officers pulled her off the N1 and gang-raped her
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[From our archives] Angry feminist? Damn right I’m angry

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Fury over the misogyny and hatred in social media is fuel in the fight for a better, equal world.
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India documentary ban: ‘We won’t shout but we will be heard’

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An Indian news network ran a blank screen for an hour in protest of the government ban on airing a documentary about the gang-rape of a Delhi student.
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Documentary showing interview with gang rapist banned in India

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Rapist Mukesh Singh had made offensive and derogatory remarks against women which could provoke a public outcry, police said.
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Video shows boy being raped in ‘race attack’

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The pupils who attacked a boy, raping him with a broom handle, will appear in court on Friday. Meanwhile, the DA will protest at the school on Friday.
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Online abuse a real danger for Pakistani women

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Online abuse in Pakistan is triggering real-world violence against women owing to slow responses from Facebook and Twitter and poor law enforcement.
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Sudan: Pregnant teenager alleging gang-rape charged with adultery

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An Ethiopian teenager who says she was raped by seven men last August, now faces a possible sentence of death by stoning.
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Five arrested for lost tourist’s alleged gang rape in India

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Police have detained a group of men in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi.
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Gang rape, death of teenage girl sparks protest in India

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Hundreds of people in India have protested and accused state authorities of failing to protect a girl who was allegedly gand raped and later died.
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Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Social entrepreneurship means business

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Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
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Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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Gender-based violence is escalating as the social crisis deepens. Some activists want a special council for survivors

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