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FILE: A picture of Gavin Watson at his memorial service in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

Uyinene mrwetyana

JUDITH FEBRUARY: Murder, corruption and insurrection - SA is falling apart

By Judith February

Babita Deokaran, Uyinene Mrwetyana and all the other violence we're experiencing point to a country whose centre is not holding, writes Judith February.

  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: Supplied.

    Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation marches to Parliament, calls for end to GBV

    The Foundation in her honour on Saturday marched to parliament calling for an end to gender-based violence.

    264 days ago
  • Nosicelo Mtebeni. Picture: Twitter.

    Women’s Month: SA women fall prey to GBV crimes even as they're ‘celebrated’

    As the nation marks Women's Month, several cases of gender-based violence (GBV) have rocked the country in recent weeks.

    266 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    UCT holds GBV petition campaign to remember Uyinene Mrwetyana

    It petitions Parliament to end gender-based violence and the exploitation of women and girls.

    266 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    UCT urges action against GBV as it commemorates Uyinene Mrwetyana's death

    Tuesday marked two years since the rape and murder of 19-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the post office in Claremont by a worker.

    268 days ago
  • Luhlanganiso Majebe is the first Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient. Picture: Lerato Maduna/UCT.

    UCT selects Majebe as first Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient

    The Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship was established in honour of the UCT student who was raped and murdered in 2019.

    303 days ago
  • FILE: Capetonians took to the street to protest against gender-based violence on 4 September 2019. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Justice for GBV victims a step closer after National Assembly passes 3 bills

    Parties were unanimous in backing the bills on Thursday but also warned that there was no easy fix for the deep-rooted problem of the scourge.

    349 days ago
  • FILE: Capetonians took to the street to protest against gender-based violence on 4 September 2019. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: 3 new GBV Bills seek to restore survivors' trust in justice

    Three key Bills relating to gender-based violence have been introduced in Parliament that honours the promise made to protesters and women, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.

    619 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters demonstrate against gender-based violence in front of Parliament on 30 June 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    SA must break down ‘boyhood code’ in fight against GBV, say experts

    This was one of the issues raised during a webinar commemorating one year since the rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana.

    632 days ago
  • Flowers, posters and messages outside the post office in Claremont where Uyinene Mrwetyana was murdered. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN

    Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation: SA must address sexual entitlement, misogyny

    At an event marking a year since the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation on Monday hosted a virtual discussion on the role of men and other issues in the fight to end violence against women.

    633 days ago
  • Many have honoured Mrwetyana memory on the anniversary of her death. Picture: Kate Solomons

    Gone, not forgotten: SA remembers Uyinene Mrwetyana & reflects on GBV

    The University of Cape Town student, aged 19, was raped and murdered at the Post Office in Claremont by a worker, Luyanda Botha.

    633 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Remembering Uyinene Mrwetyana: Today marks a year since the UCT student's murder

    The 19-year-old UCT student was raped and killed at the Clareinch Post Office before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.

    633 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Uyinene Mrwetyana’s mom hopes to open wellness centre in fight against GBV

    The University of Cape Town student was raped and killed at the Post Office in Claremont before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.

    634 days ago
  • FILE: Primedia staff embarked on a silent protest on Friday, 6 September in Sandton, to highlight the plight of gender-based violence in the country. Staff members united to call for action from government. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    CGE calls on govt to put measures in place to flatten GBV curve

    There’s frustration nationwide with the killings of women and children thrust into the spotlight yet again.

    704 days ago
  • Mourners pay their respects at the funeral of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule, which was held in Meadowlands, Soweto, on 11 June 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    'We ask for forgiveness': Renewed calls for an end to GBV

    Twenty-eight-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was laid to rest on Thursday after she was found hanging from a tree in a Roodepoort with multiple stab wounds to her chest.

    706 days ago
  • FILE: Flowers, posters and messages outside the post office in Claremont where Uyinene Mrwetyana was murdered. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN

    Difficult to quantify damages in Mrwetyana family lawsuit against Sapo - expert

    Two weeks ago, Uyinene Mrwetyana's family instituted a civil claim against the Post Office for her murder.

    804 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: Supplied.

    Family of slain Uyinene Mrwetyana takes legal action against Post Office

    The 19-year-old was raped and murdered by a Post Office teller inside the Clareinch Post Office in August last year.

    805 days ago
  • Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Picture: GCIS.

    Minister reverses Newyear Ntuli's Usaasa appointment over sex misconduct claims

    Current and former Post Office staffers told Eyewitness News that they reported Ntuli for groping and spanking women, promising them jobs if they slept with him, or gave away their jobs if they didn’t to those who supposedly did.

    876 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Nomangwane Mrwetyana dreading first Christmas without daughter Uyinene

    Nomangwane Mrwetyana, the mother of slain Uyinene, said the family would light a candle and say a prayer at the lunch table in honour of her daughter.

    878 days ago
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