Rape In South Africa

latest news & developments

Justice delayed: Victoria Badzhi, who lives in Thohoyandou, in the Vhembe area of Limpopo, has twice been raped in her own home and, four years later, is still waiting for legal conclusion.

CRIME STATISTICS

Rape survivor fights for justice: ‘I live in fear, will someone else get me?’

Thousands of rape cases are in limbo because the police apparently can’t check fingerprints on the department of home affairs’ database

Lyse Comins

Who do South Africans think does the raping in this country — the level of rape that one sees in active conflict zones? The scale of rape that it gets to be called by what it is — a femicide?

ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

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

Ayesha Fakie