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Men, get over the ‘monsters’ myth

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They’re ordinary people and need to hold each other accountable for their actions so that all genders can feel safe
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UN suspends ties with Caritas in CAR over sex abuse probe

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Caritas has been operating in the strife-torn country since 1991, mainly coordinating programmes to protect children and assist displaced people
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EDITORIAL: No defence for sexual abuse

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As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
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Gender violence survivors get crisis fund

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The fund is one of the “key actions” identified by the interim committee on gender-based violence and femicide at a recent meeting in Pretoria
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Abuse taints traditional healing

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After being raped and abused repeatedly, a sangoma trainee reported her mentor to the police — only to be shunned
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The chain between words and violence

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Boys should be taught how to speak to and about women, because language  informs mindsets
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Feminism 101: Pussies are not for grabbing

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It’s been 30 years since I found my voice – now ‘nasty’ women around the world are fighting back
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Violence erodes democracy and rights

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We must create cultures and norms in all spheres of society that condemn gendered attacks
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Justice reconsidered for victims of sexual assault

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With one in five men admitting to assisting in sexual assault, it is vital that those who abet perpetrators be deemed liable
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Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal

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Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s
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Father hopes for justice as Cardinal Pell waits on appeal verdict

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The former Vatican number three, is appealing against his conviction on five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s
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Sex crimes, evangelism and the collective guilt of American intervention in Africa

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Mathew Lane Durham's sexual abuse of orphans in Kenya exposes a deeper disfunction with American voluntourism and Christian outreach in Africa
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Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion
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Focus on FW de Klerk distracted attention from the troubling state of the nation

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Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
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Eastern Cape MEC orders graft investigation after two workers killed at troubled district municipality

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The killing of two council workers at the Amathole district municipality appears to be linked to tender fraud and corruption
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Press Releases

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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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They’re ordinary people and need to hold each other accountable for their actions so that all genders can feel safe

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