Domestic violence
Eerste River family left broken after woman shot dead allegedly by ex-lover
Anna-Marie Steenkamp was shot dead at her home in Electric City on Monday allegedly by her ex-boyfriend.
The man opened fire at two officers who arrived at the house shortly after midnight after being alerted to a reported domestic assault.
Neighbours alerted police, which led to the gruesome discovery of the mother and her children, aged between six months and 10.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on gender-based violence (GBV) in the country on Tuesday launched the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women in Pretoria.
The National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) on Monday said it was high time abused women had a toll-free resource where they could find various services.
It is not the just the courts that are hobbled by the virus. The closure of businesses and schools, as well as cultural and athletic activities, have deprived victims already weakened by economic insecurity of ways to escape violence.
It’s understood the suspect used a blunt object to kill the man on Saturday after the pair had an altercation the night before.
Judge Andrew Nicol will deliver his long-awaited verdict at 1000 GMT, after three weeks of rancorous testimony at the High Court in London that included claims of drug abuse and domestic violence.
The MEC on Wednesday held a briefing to flesh out details about cases monitored by his department’s Court Watching Brief Unit between July and September.
Most of Zimbabwe’s lockdown measures have now been lifted but the scale of what most women and children went through at the hands of those within their households is only now becoming clear.
The attack occurred at the Madeira Police Station in Mthatha on Monday afternoon.
More than 120,000 victims rang the national helpline for abused women and children in the first three weeks after the lockdown started on 27 March - double the usual volume of calls.
The Western Cape Women's Shelter Movement's Kathy Cronje believes, that initially, anxiety over contracting the virus trumped the fear many women felt at the thought of being stuck inside a house with an abusive partner or family member during the lockdown.
Authorities say the officer was killed by a medical doctor who is accused of abusing his wife.
The 32-year-old singer and her Clara Lionel Foundation have joined forces with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, 43, to send the huge sum to the Mayor's Fund to 'address a surge in domestic violence' in LA during the coronavirus lockdown.
South Africans were reacting with horror to the killing of Wanter Dlamini, lamenting what many have said was the evil intent behind her murder.
Of the total 34,209 incidents reported, Mitchells Plain and Delft recorded the highest number of domestic violence/gender-based violence cases in the province.
The 44-year-old actress grew up in an unhealthy environment and she has now said she was not ashamed to talk about the harrowing incident because she wanted to raise awareness for domestic violence.
Mkhari said he understood why the president did it, but he was disappointed at the decision.