Gender based violence
WC police say alleged CPUT stabber under police guard in hospital
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.
The historical shelter said a spike in gender-based violence (GBV) cases was common over the festive season.
A number of online movements have gained significant traction in public discourse as a response to the hyper-exposure of male-perpetrated violence.
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.
He was arrested in March last year after nine years of terrorising women and children in Ekurhuleni.
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.
Mikhail Pheko appeared in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Phakathi allegedly terrorised the Ekurhuleni area, raping several women and children in their homes and some while walking in public spaces.
Addressing the second presidential summit in Midrand on Tuesday, Nqakula said it seemed government was avoiding the issue of self defence against GBV.
The president was delivering the keynote address at the second presidential summit on gender-based violence in Midrand on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Nkoana-Mashabane said this system will help police with identifying alleged perpetrators of crime much quicker.
Sifiso Mkhwanazi made a brief court appearance on Monday.
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.
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.
A police report said Kirsty James was at work when the suspect entered the premises and stabbed her to death earlier in the week.
Mbatha's body was found with stab wounds at the Ark Royal Residence in Durban in July.
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.