Femicide
Ramaphosa: SA will strive to promote women’s economic inclusion
The president has lamented the plight of gender-based violence (GBV) victims in the country while conceding South Africa is one of the most unsafe places for...
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Ramaphosa calls for more shelters to house GBV victims
The president has conceded that South Africa is one of the most unsafe places for women, adding that the scourge needs intervention of the highest form.
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Soweto teen found raped, murdered after failing to return from spaza
It's understood the grade 9 pupil from Aurora Girls High school went missing on Thursday after going to a local shop.
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Convicted murderer Thabani Mzolo to be sentenced
Judge Radebe said the State proved beyond any reasonable doubt that he killed his ex-girlfriend Zolile Khumalo because he could not handle the breakup.
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Judgment expected today in MUT student Thabani Mzolo’s murder trial
Thabani Mzolo allegedly killed his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend Zolile Khumalo at a university residence in 2018.
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EC Correctional Services official stabbed to death, allegedly by spouse
The motive for the murder was not yet known.
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NW police arrest suspect (45) in Hebron double murder case
A man has been arrested after a mother and her daughter were found dead in their Hebron home near Ga-Rankuwa last Saturday.
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Some of the femicide cases that made headlines in 2019
Statistics show that every three hours, a woman is killed in South Africa. This is five times the world average.
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Durban man accused of killing girlfriend to apply for bail
Mxolisi Dlamini was arrested last week after Sanelisiwe Chiliza was found dead at his house.
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Bodies of EC grandmother and teen granddaughters found in a river
The 71-year-old woman and the two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were last seen on the night of Sunday, 01 December 2019.
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Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze
The woman was on her way to board a train in Unnao district of northern Uttar Pradesh state to attend a court hearing over her rape when she was doused with kerosene and set on fire.
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Manhunt under way for the killers of a Mpumalanga job seeker
Twenty-two-year-old Kwanele Zuma and her brother were travelling together when they were attacked on Monday.
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Activists ask Ramaphosa to pull out of Power FM's Chairman's Conversation
In July last year, Power FM boss Given Mkhari and his wife Ipeleng were both arrested after they individually laid criminal complaints of assault against each other over an alleged fight they had in their home.
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Thousands march in France to protest alarming femicide levels
A total of 116 women have been murdered in France so far this year by their husband, partner or ex-partner, according to an AFP investigation.
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Dump site finds put femicide back in spotlight
Residents in the Overberg town of Genadendal and the suburb of Delft in Cape Town came across the remains of two women at the respective dumping sites on Saturday.
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Social Development Dept instructed to prioritise programmes dealing with GBV
Parliament's portfolio committee on Social Development said it was crucial for the department to prioritise gender-based violence because South Africa was plagued by cases of femicide.
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CT demonstrators brave rain to march against femicide
Scores of men and women marched to Parliament, despite the pouring rain that failed to deter demonstrators who marched for the rights of women.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Femicide: Here’s what men can do
Haji Mohamed Dawjee offers some hands-on, real-world advice to those boys and men who genuinely wish to support women.
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Malema: MPs not given enough time to prepare for GBV debate
The EFF leader said they agreed with President Cyril Ramaphosa that the sitting to discuss the scourge of violence was important, but they were not informed in advance.
