South African children aged 12 to 17 are more likely to be raped than people of any other age.
Former Israel president Moshe Katsav was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years behind bars after being convicted on charges of rape and other offences.
Judgement was expected in the trial of serial rape and murder accused Jack Mogale in the South Gauteng High Court on Wednesday.
Serial rape and murder accused Jack Mogale told a court on Wednesday that he knew nothing of the rape, murder and kidnapping charges against him.
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/ 7 February 2011
There are significant reasons why the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust believes that the anonymity of the rape survivor should be protected.
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/ 19 January 2011
A report warning that serial rape and murder investigations in Gauteng were in disarray was not intended for the public domain, the police say.
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/ 6 December 2010
Eight members of one family were expected to appear in a Pretoria court on Monday on child pornography charges.
What’s wrong with us? With our abnormally high incidence of rape it’s a question SA have to ask. This report is part of our 16 Days of Activism series
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/ 3 December 2010
The case of an accused serial rapist has been postponed until next year to allow police more time to conclude their investigations.
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/ 29 November 2010
When the story about a Jules High School girl allegedly being raped hit the headlines, I had a flash back to my worst moment as a mother.
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/ 26 November 2010
South African survey in Gauteng finds 37,4% of men confessing to rape, while 25,3% of women say they are victims.
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/ 25 November 2010
Executive director of Gender Links attempts to explain the difference between sex and rape in South African society.
After the Jules High School rape incident, the ‘Twitterverse’ lit up with stories from three local women who recounted their own experience.
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/ 18 November 2010
The 15-year-old Jules High School girl who accused two boys of raping her changed her tune on Thursday and said that the act was consensual.
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/ 17 November 2010
A 15-year-old schoolgirl and two boys, who allegedly raped her at a high school, were charged with statutory rape on Wednesday.
Bill of Rights notwithstanding, gender-based violence at schools is as prevalent as ever.
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/ 12 November 2010
The <i>M&G</i> shares thoughts on the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on the Jules High School and Netcare’s involvement in organ trafficking.
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/ 10 November 2010
The investigation into the alleged rape of a Johannesburg schoolgirl by two boys, age 14 and 16, is continuing, the Gauteng police said on Wednesday.
Charges against two boys who allegedly drugged and raped a Johannesburg school have been dropped due to a lack of evidence.
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/ 8 November 2010
Two boys suspected of drugging and raping a Johannesburg schoolgirl have been arrested, the Gauteng education minister said on Monday.
A Zimbabwean man has accused three women of kidnapping, drugging and raping him in the fifth sexual attack targeting male victims in under a year.
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/ 2 September 2010
UN peacekeepers say they have stepped up patrols in a region of the DRC where the number of mass rape victims has increased to more than 240.
Hutu rebels of from Rwanda said on Thursday that they were "in no way involved" in mass rapes reported in the east of the DRC.
The ICC must probe allegations that Robert Mugabe’s youth militia launched a campaign of rape during 2008 elections, a campaign group has said.
As many as 300 Zimbabweans are arriving in South Africa a day to apply for asylum, Médecins Sans Frontières said on Wednesday.
The number of rapes carried out by civilians in eastern DRC has increased 17-fold in the last few years, according to a study released on Thursday.
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/ 8 December 2009
Notorious criminal Ananias Mathe was sentenced to 54 years in jail by the South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 30 October 2009
A crime intelligence document leaked to the M&G reveals that an identified suspect accused of raping three women was allowed to roam free.
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/ 20 October 2009
About 5 400 women have reported being raped this year in one province of the DRC, the UN said on Tuesday.
More rape cases appeared on the rolls of KwaZulu-Natal courts over the past year than any other province, Jeff Radebe said on Thursday.
Women caught up in a massacre of opposition protesters in Guinea alleged on Monday they had been raped by soldiers behind the bloodbath.
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/ 17 September 2009
An Australian man raped his daughter almost daily for 30 years in a case that echoes the incest crimes of Josef Fritzl in Austria.