Uyinene mrwetyana
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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Graca Machel steps down as UCT chancellor
Machel says she wishes she could have made better progress in the fight against gendered violence on the university campus.
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Mrwetyana Foundation wants to convert Clareinch Post Office into wellness centre
The Clareinch Post Office will be converted into a wellness centre after The 19-year-old's death in August sparked nationwide outrage against the high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.
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Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation launched to tackle GBV
The nineteen-year-old student was raped and murdered inside the Clareinch Post Office in August.
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Parliament: Violence against female students is shocking, must be addressed
The statement comes after TVET student Precious Ramabulana was found stabbed to death in her room off-campus on Sunday.
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'Stop killing women': Nzimande condemns murder of student Precious Ramabulana
Precious Ramabulana was found dead in her room off-campus on Sunday and had apparently been stabbed 52 times.
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Khayelitsha women, children live in fear after pastor arrested for assault
Dozens of people took to the streets of Khayelitsha on Monday to mark the start of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children.
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16 Days of Activism: We have lost our way, says Ramaphosa remembering victims
The president was speaking at the launch of this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence in Limpopo.
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16 Days of Activism: Cops appeal for help to crack unsolved crimes
According to the latest statistics, crimes against women and children increased in six provinces in the year ending March 2019.
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Ramaphosa: Fitting punishment for Uyinene Mrwetyana's killer
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the three life sentences handed down to the rapist and killer of Uyinene Mrwetyana were befitting of the crimes.
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RAMAPHOSA: Our gender-based violence fight-back well on its way
I have taken personal responsibility to ensure the emergency plan is implemented, and I will provide our citizens with regular reports on our progress, promises President Cyril Ramaphosa in his latest weekly letter.
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Mrwetyana family welcomes hefty sentence for Luyanda Botha
Uyinene Mrwetynana’s killer confessed to raping her twice before locking her up in a storeroom before murdering her and attempting to destroy the evidence.
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Luyanda Botha handed 3 life sentences for rape, murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana
It's been revealed that 42-year-old Luyanda Botha entered into a plea and sentencing agreement.
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Uyinene Mrwetyana’s rape, murder accused set for High Court appearance
Luyanda Botha (42) has already appeared in a Magistrates Court and faces two counts of rape, a count of murder and one of defeating the ends of justice.
