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In the wake of a rise in reported cases of sexual violence in schools, including the allegedly rape of a seven-year-old girl, civil society and government leaders are calling for urgent and systemic reform of how schools protect pupils. (Getty)
CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES

We need to rethink ‘intention’ in rape legislation

The inclusion of intention in the definition of rape reintroduces the requirement that there should be physical evidence that the victim was overpowered

  • Mbuyiselo Botha
  • Busisiwe Deyi
8 min read
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema (C) addresses his supporters during a picket outside Clicks Store, a retail-led food and healthcare group which is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), at the Mall of the North in Polokwane, on September 7, 2020. (Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP)
CLICKS

McKaiser needs to challenge his inner racist too

COMMENT: Clicks – or some of its employees – demonstrated culpa, not dolus

  • Glen Heneck
5 min read