Women For Change

SA declares gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster amid rising crisis

GBVF is now officially a national disaster, requiring all levels of government to intensify prevention, support services and long-term interventions

Sheree Bega

3 min read

Demanding change: Women across South Africa are stepping back from work on Friday to draw attention to
the country’s rising levels of gender-based violence. This comes as heads of state, ministers and delegations
arrive in South Africa for the G20 summit. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

DESMOND TUTU FOUNDATION

21 NOV 2025

National shutdown to put spotlight on gender violence on eve of G20 summit

Advocacy group Women for Change argues that South Africa ‘cannot host the world’s most powerful leaders while a woman is killed every two-and-a-half hours’

Hasina Kathrada

6 min read

Browned off: R&B star Chris Brown appears in court in Los Angeles in 2014 after assaulting singer Rihanna, with whom he was in a relationship. Photo: Lucy Nicholson-Pool/Getty Images

AMERICAN RNB

12 DEC 2024

Chris Brown: Should home affairs have acted?

The US musician, who has a history of violence against women, is set to perform in Johannesburg

Aarti Bhana

7 min read