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Gender based violence

WC police say alleged CPUT stabber under police guard in hospital

By Melikhaya Zagagana

The man, believed to be a student from the University of the Western Cape was arrested on Saturday over the stabbing of a CPUT female student.

  • FILE: They said that the spike is due to several factors, including the abuse of alcohol. Picture: diego_cervo/123rf.com

    Saartjie Baartman Centre open over festive season for GBV victims

    The historical shelter said a spike in gender-based violence (GBV) cases was common over the festive season.

    24 December 2022 10:15
  • FILE: The hashtag intends to highlight the many, many instances where men have caused harm onto others, largely as a result of the perpetuation of patriarchy. Picture: Pixabay.com

    #MenAreTrash: Powerful online movement or simplistic populist rhetoric?

    A number of online movements have gained significant traction in public discourse as a response to the hyper-exposure of male-perpetrated violence.

    17 November 2022 04:13
  • FILE: Free State Legislature Speaker Zanele Sifuba. Picture: Free State Provincial Government/Facebook

    ANCWL calls on SA public to stop sharing explicit Zanele Sifuba video

    A graphic video of Free State Legislature Speaker Zanele Sifuba was leaked earlier this week after she allegedly refused to pay a blackmailer R300,000.

    10 November 2022 12:20
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Court finds 'Ekurhuleni serial rapist' guilty, case postponed to 8 Dec

    He was arrested in March last year after nine years of terrorising women and children in Ekurhuleni.

    08 November 2022 14:40
  • FILE: Children with albinism. Picture: AFP.

    Women with albinism 3 times likely to be GBV victims, suggests albinism society

    Speaking at the second presidential gender-based violence and femicide summit in Midrand on Wednesday, the albinism society pleaded with the government to prioritise the safety of people living with the condition.

    02 November 2022 14:07
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    Man accused of murdering Belhar woman (25) to return to dock in December

    Mikhail Pheko appeared in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

    02 November 2022 13:23
  • Picture: SAPS.

    Alleged Ekurhuleni serial rapist admits to 90 counts of rape

    Phakathi allegedly terrorised the Ekurhuleni area, raping several women and children in their homes and some while walking in public spaces.

    02 November 2022 12:33
  • Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in Parliament on Thursday, 29 September 2022. Picture: GCIS

    Mapisa-Nqakula concerned about arrest of women for standing up against abuse

    Addressing the second presidential summit in Midrand on Tuesday, Nqakula said it seemed government was avoiding the issue of self defence against GBV.

    01 November 2022 16:21
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS.

    Ramaphosa: Government has not given enough urgency to GBVF in SA

    The president was delivering the keynote address at the second presidential summit on gender-based violence in Midrand on Tuesday.

    01 November 2022 14:06
  • Justice Minister and NEC member Ronald Lamola in studio with Clement Manyathela. Picture: Karabo Tebele/702

    Lamola: Govt formulates bill that could possibly decriminalise sex work

    Gender-based violence activists gathered at the second presidential summit on gender-based violence and femicide in Midrand on Tuesday and demanded sex work be decriminalised.

    01 November 2022 13:12
  • FILE: Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane addresses young people ahead of the 2020 State of the Nation Address at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 12 February 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Nkoana-Mashabane: Govt establishes bill to set up GBVF council by Feb 2023

    The Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the council, which will work with civil society organisations, will ensure a coordinated response to GBVF.

    01 November 2022 11:39
  • Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Picture: @maite_nkoana/Twitter

    Nkoana-Mashabane: SAPS to access Home Affairs fingerprint database in GBV fight

    Nkoana-Mashabane said this system will help police with identifying alleged perpetrators of crime much quicker.

    31 October 2022 16:43
  • Murder accused Sifiso Mkhwanazi appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on 25 October 2022. Picture: Bernadette Wicks/Eyewitness News

    Man linked to murder of alleged Johannesburg sex worker abandons bail bid

    Sifiso Mkhwanazi made a brief court appearance on Monday.

    31 October 2022 12:19
  • Tazne van Wyk. Picture: Facebook/Pink Ladies Organization

    Tazne van Wyk murder: Court finds accused guilty

    In total, the accused, who's not being named to protect some of his other victims who are minors and relatives, has been convicted on 21 of the 27 charges against him.

    26 October 2022 17:45
  • FILE: Tazne van Wyk. Picture: @SAPoliceService.

    SA has culture of violence that is beyond the wildest belief - Nomdo

    The Tazne van Wyk murder trial has highlighted just one of many violent attacks on women and children and the Western Cape Children's Commissioner Christina Nomdo said the scourge had people living in fear.

    25 October 2022 13:47
  • FILE: A police crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News

    Southern Cape SAPS probe circumstances around murder of Mossel Bay woman (27)

    A police report said Kirsty James was at work when the suspect entered the premises and stabbed her to death earlier in the week.

    21 October 2022 15:00
  • Slain MUT student Xolile Mbatha. Picture: Supplied.

    Incomplete post-mortem report delays court case of slain MUT student

    Mbatha's body was found with stab wounds at the Ark Royal Residence in Durban in July.

    20 October 2022 13:12
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Durban shooting leaves one resident dead, another in critical condition

    It's understood a number of armed suspects forced their way into the home in Waller Crescent, holding up the family of two in the Morningside area on Wednesday night.

    20 October 2022 13:07
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