Gender based violence
R500 bail for Maties student accused of sexual assault
The attack, which occurred on Friday evening at a Tygerberg residence, has sparked an outcry among the university’s student body.
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Man arrested as women’s body exhumed from shallow grave in Roodepan, NC
The 31-year-old, whose body has been found behind a shack in Ivory Park, had been reported missing on 7 June.
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Cabinet adopts 'historic GBV prevention framework'
Minister Blade Nzimande said the framework would advise institutions of higher learning on how to build their policies.
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Man accused of Philippi teen’s murder abandons bail bid
Leonard Mzingeli was arrested shortly after 17-year-old Amahle Quku's body was found in the area last month.
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PE doctor gets 10-year jail sentence after trying to kill his wife
Mkhuseli Boto was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court on Wednesday.
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Enough debating: MPs want bills on GBV finalised urgently
The National Assembly on Tuesday held another debate on gender-based violence following a spate of femicides over the past few weeks.
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Suspect accused of raping Philippi woman (70) due in court today
Police said the 50-year-old man was expected to appear before the Wynberg Magistrates Court.
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Fritz welcomes disciplinary action against officer who ‘turned away’ rape victim
The Western Cape Community Safety Department said the 26-year-old woman had been travelling to the TR-Section in Khayelitsha on Monday evening when the driver changed the route and allegedly raped her.
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Two years after raping, assaulting his wife, a PE husband was sentenced to life
Zukile July was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Wednesday.
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Prayer service held for murdered Amahle Quku (17) in Philippi
She was found murdered at Browns Farm in Philippi over the weekend.
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Calls for Tshegofatso Pule’s alleged killer to stop appearing in court virtually
Muzikayise Malephane appeared virtually in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court earlier on Wednesday for Pule's murder.
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Philippi community comes out in support of family of slain Amahle Quku
Amahle Quku's (17) naked body was found in the Siyahlala informal settlement in Browns Farm on Saturday.
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Minister of Women on surge in femicides: The country is in a deep crisis
The country is mourning the deaths of several women across the country over the past few weeks.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: SA must strengthen its justice system
In his weekly letter, the president call on young men in particular to take up the struggle against gender-based violence.
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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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EFF's Ndlozi questions role of SAPS in fight against GBV
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi was speaking at 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule’s funeral in Meadowlands, Soweto, on Thursday.
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Murdered Tshegofatso Pule to be laid to rest today
Tshegofatso Pule's body was found on Monday near Florida Lake with stab wounds.
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ANC in Ekurhuleni ‘disappointed’ EMPD officer who attacked woman still on duty
A week has passed since the assault in which the officer allegedly slapped and punched a woman in the face after she had asked him to wear a mask.
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Govt demands 'swift' arrest of suspects for murdered Tshegofatso Pule
Minister in the Presidency for Women Youth and Persons with Disability Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said she was shocked by the brutal killing of 28-year-old Pule.
