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Rape Culture

An extract from bell hooks’s ‘Outlaw Culture’: Seduced by violence no more
Friday
/ 4 February 2022

An extract from bell hooks’s ‘Outlaw Culture’: Seduced by violence no more

In this extract from bell hooks’s book ‘Outlaw Culture’, (chapter title above) she expounds on women’s role in confronting rape culture

By bell hooks
The threat of rape helps keep the vulnerable in line
Opinion
/ 23 February 2021

The threat of rape helps keep the vulnerable in line

Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour

By Ayesha Fakie
Lady Zamar: Is a woman’s word ever good enough on its own?
Article
/ 3 March 2020

Lady Zamar: Is a woman’s word ever good enough on its own?

After news that house songstress Lady Zamar opened a rape case against hip-hop crooner Sjava, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival has removed him from its 2020 lineup

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Survivors of gender-based violence fight to be heard
Article
/ 10 August 2019

Survivors of gender-based violence fight to be heard

Gender-based violence is escalating as the social crisis deepens. Some activists want a special council for survivors

By Tebadi Mmotla
Rapists who prey on the mentally ill
Article
/ 29 July 2019

Rapists who prey on the mentally ill

Mentally ill men and women are easy targets for rapists, who are often known to them, and they don’t always report such incidents through fear

By Rolivhuwa Sadiki
Soaring sexual violence pushes Sierra Leone to face ‘rape culture’
Africa
/ 14 January 2019

Soaring sexual violence pushes Sierra Leone to face ‘rape culture’

Many attacks go unpunished, and those that are reported often fail to end in indictments or make it through the judicial system, rights groups say

By Saidu Bah
SA to launch plan to tackle gender-based violence. Read Ramaphosa’s speech here.
Article
/ 1 November 2018

SA to launch plan to tackle gender-based violence. Read Ramaphosa’s speech here.

"Twenty-thousand people were killed in the past year. The majority of killers and victims are men," Ramaphosa says at summit.

By Bhekisisa Team Author
Could this protect hundreds of children from being raped?
Article
/ 21 August 2018

Could this protect hundreds of children from being raped?

Life Orientation 2.0? Why it may be time for a new take on an old subject.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Why rape counselling needs to hit the road and other  ways to make services better
Article
/ 3 July 2018

Why rape counselling needs to hit the road and other ways to make services better

When people can’t get to healthcare, healthcare needs get to them.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Teach our boy children well
Article
/ 2 March 2018

Teach our boy children well

We must teach our sons to respect women, call out buddies and check our own attitude

By Staff Reporter
#MeToo implies we’re the problem
Article
/ 5 January 2018

#MeToo implies we’re the problem

Breaking the silence on sexual violation is powerful but how we do it is another question

By Veronica Sigamoney
Rape myths inflict more harm on victims
Article
/ 5 January 2018

Rape myths inflict more harm on victims

Sexual assault survivors are silenced by societal prejudice, lack of support from their community or family, secondary trauma and rape myths.

By Palesa Lebitse
A silence that begins at home
Article
/ 1 November 2017

A silence that begins at home

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

By Kagure Mugo
[EXCLUSIVE] Less than one in 10 rape accused are over convicted
Article
/ 18 August 2017

[EXCLUSIVE] Less than one in 10 rape accused are over convicted

Just 340 guilty verdicts from 3952cases: a new study shows how the dreadful reality of how the system is failing victims of this ‘priority crime’

By Mia Malan
Snap of shame: The rough road to stamping out ‘revenge porn’
Article
/ 18 August 2017

Snap of shame: The rough road to stamping out ‘revenge porn’

Victims will suffer while laws criminalising image-based sexual abuse are being developed

By Staff Reporter
Stop victim-blaming. It’s perverse
Analysis
/ 19 May 2017

Stop victim-blaming. It’s perverse

"We must ask difficult questions about the underlying drivers of violence if we are to eliminate gratuitous violence in society"

By Eusebius McKaiser
Suspect arrested in grisly murder of Klerksdorp teen
Article
/ 15 May 2017

Suspect arrested in grisly murder of Klerksdorp teen

Her death comes barely a week after Karabo Mokoena’s 22-year-old burnt body was discovered in a shallow grave in Johannesburg, last week.

By Sihle Manda
Zapiro needs to take a hard look in the mirror
Article
/ 13 April 2017

Zapiro needs to take a hard look in the mirror

It’s a pity that the cartoonist’s work is still able to hurt so many who encounter it even casually, writes the Daily Vox team.

By Staff Reporter
Judge Mabel Jansen to face impeachment tribunal over Facebook comments
Article
/ 7 April 2017

Judge Mabel Jansen to face impeachment tribunal over Facebook comments

The comments were met with a public outcry and a gross misconduct complaint was laid against her

By Franny Rabkin
Time for the pussy to grab back
Article
/ 9 February 2017

Time for the pussy to grab back

A film about the sexual abuse of one woman should be the start of a movement to say: ‘No!’

By Meg Rickards
Exhibition airs South Africa’s dirty laundry
Analysis
/ 13 October 2016

Exhibition airs South Africa’s dirty laundry

Artists will hang 3 600 used panties on a washing line, the estimated number of women raped daily.

By Staff Reporter
The silent protest shed light on rape but many choose to see it as anti-Zuma
Article
/ 12 August 2016

The silent protest shed light on rape but many choose to see it as anti-Zuma

Anger over the government’s absolute failure to tackling gender-based violence has seen a resurgence of gender activism – and it’s young and militant.

By Staff Reporter
The acquittal of Zuma did not just endanger Khwezi’s life, but ours as well
Analysis
/ 8 August 2016

The acquittal of Zuma did not just endanger Khwezi’s life, but ours as well

The condonation of rape at the highest level of government brings all women’s lives under attack.

By Kagure Mugo
The opening film is the talk of the Durban International Film Festival – for all the wrong reasons
Article
/ 22 June 2016

The opening film is the talk of the Durban International Film Festival – for all the wrong reasons

‘The Journeymen’ is politically naive, seriously flawed, and Sipho Mpongo’s sexual assault charge hung heavy over the audience at DIFF.

By Lloyd Gedye
We talk about boys and men being raped in conflict zones, but we don’t listen enough
Analysis
/ 14 June 2016

We talk about boys and men being raped in conflict zones, but we don’t listen enough

It’s difficult to speak out but their evidence can help to change laws and provide justice and support.

By Allan Ngari
Campus rape: Silence isn’t going to cut it
Article
/ 10 June 2016

Campus rape: Silence isn’t going to cut it

Rape culture pervades university life, but it can be eradicated if reflection replaces self-preservation.

By Staff Reporter
Editorial: Stop the scourge of rape
Article
/ 21 April 2016

Editorial: Stop the scourge of rape

It is very clear that the issue of rape needs serious attention. If the protesters achieve that, it will be a step forward.

By Editorial
Donor slashes support funding for SA rape survivors
Article
/ 17 March 2016

Donor slashes support funding for SA rape survivors

A US global fund has cut back on critical funding for services provided to survivors of violent crime. Government must provide a sustainable solution.

By Lisa Vetten and Romi Sigsworth
Editorial: Spitting on women
Article
/ 14 January 2016

Editorial: Spitting on women

ANC’s interest in women’s rights seems to have evaporated when it is most needed.

By Editorial
(Im)perfect wedding outrage has a silver lining
Analysis
/ 5 December 2015

(Im)perfect wedding outrage has a silver lining

Men and women are starting to push back against an ingrained culture of sexual violence in South Africa.

By Verashni Pillay
Blame apartheid for rape stats
Analysis
/ 20 September 2015

Blame apartheid for rape stats

Patriarchy and men scarred by racism violate women to assert their masculinity.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 April 2014

Men are also ‘corrective rape’ victims

Many men, thanks to social stigmas, are ashamed to report sexual hate crimes – but they are almost as common as they are against lesbians.

By Staff Reporter
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