Gender based violence
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.
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Tshegofatso Pule’s family call for mourners to adhere to lockdown rules
The body of the pregnant woman was found hanging from a tree in City Deep on Monday after she had been reported missing.
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Nigerians mass online to demand '#justice' for abuses
The latest outpouring of anger has been unleashed by the cases of three women and girls who were killed or raped in incidents activists say showcase the sexual violence and police brutality widespread in Nigeria.
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Western Cape serial rapist slapped with multiple life sentences
Herman Harker has been punished with 15 life terms for rape, with an additional 30 years for abduction and sexual assault.
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Carling Black Label launches WhatsApp line to help GBV victims
With the country now under level 4 of the lockdown and government doing all it can to ensure that the spread of the novel coronavirus is contained, it has been struggling to address the high volumes of domestic abuse.
