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Most rape victims are women, and that male victims are often erased from collective recognition. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP
DEPART OF JUSTICE

Rape victims accept blood money as justice system fails them

Crucial police work is being neglected, cases drag on for years and accused rapists walk the streets, rape survivor support groups say

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Gender-based violence shelters go without critical government funding

Nonprofit organisations that provide trauma counselling and shelter to survivors of rape and violence have had to shut their doors

  • Marcia Zali
2 min read