South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war
The spectre of the July 2021 riots looms large over the events in Gauteng of the last few days, and, as always, xenophobia is disgruntled South Africa’s faithful companion
The idea was rejected at the governing party’s last policy conference in 2017
Police witness struggles to recall details of murder investigation because of memory loss caused by Covid-19 infection
A recent conference demonstrated how eager young women in Sierra Leone were for information, and how helpful it is to receive it
Louis Pepping’s trial was moved from Lusikisiki to the Mthata high court because of fears that angry residents would attack the courthouse.
Elisa Iannacone, herself a rape survivor, gives other survivors the power to present their stories through her photographic exhibition
MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny
Among other psychosocial concerns, pre-teen and teenage births contribute to poor mother and child nutrition results
From an old acquaintance* with benefits
In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%
Far from Ethiopia war front, mass arrests ensnare fearful Tigrayans
A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services
Fixing the system starts at home, where parents and guardians who shield the perpetrators of sexual assault must be held accountable for their complicity
The rise in crime levels is reduced to single-figures when compared with stats for 2019
The second part of an edited extract from Femicide in South Africa (Kwela) by Nechama Brodie lists the names of black lesbians who were murdered, allegedly because of their sexual orientation
The former president was admonished by a male judge during his trial for rape and responded meekly
The Matatiele municipality has attempted to justify why it pays a full salary to an ANC councillor convicted of raping a party volunteer
In her book ‘Femicide in South Africa’, journalist and researcher Nechama Brodie examines the violent history the country’s black lesbians have endured
“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a statement released in March last year. These appalling figures are just one of the many consequences of gender-based violence and abuse, namely domestic abuse, which is defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner
The learner was 13 when the alleged rapes started, and they continued for two years until she asked to be moved to another school
Investigation finds extensive abuse of power by men allegedly working at organisations such as the World Health Organisation
Boikagong Centre in Mahikeng has been closed for almost two years because it did not meet safety requirements. The discarded children say they want a safe place to learn, but instead endure rape and other violence
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
This is an ode to the women whose names made it into news outlets from 2018 to 2020. It’s also a tribute to the faceless, nameless women whose stories remain untold.
South African authorities were poised to add rape charges to those faced by Bushiri in mid-November when he skipped bail and the border to return to Malawi
Prosecutors’ extradition request details how Bushiri allegedly raped women as young as 17
Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour
Angie Motshekga was speaking to learners in a secondary school in Pretoria
Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence
American Skin is drowned by its own ambitions, which are at odds with the moment it seeks to reckon with