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    TARA PENNY: Why I will scream ‘fire’ when I need help

    Why is it that when men are harassing them, women are made to feel uncomfortable and expected to just laugh it off, accepting the age-old notion that “boys will be boys”?

    173 days ago
  • Katlego Maboe. Picture: @katlegomaboe/Twitter.

    Expresso Show suspends Katlego Maboe over abuse allegations

    A video taken by Katlego Maboe's partner shows him admitting to cheating on her on one occasion with a woman who apparently works at the insurance company for which he is an ambassador.

    180 days ago
  • Why Cosatu is protesting during COVID-19

    Eyewitness News reporter Theto Mahlakoana sat down with Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali ahead of the labour union’s national strike. Here they discuss why Cosatu decided on the protest. #Cosatu #NationalMarch

    198 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    Bodies of 2 women with gunshot wounds found in KwaMashu

    The grim discovery has taken place less than 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele suggested that policing in the province needed intervention.

    204 days ago
  • FILE: A mourner holds a placard demanding justice for Tshegofatso Pule at her funeral in Meadowlands, Soweto. The murdered 28-year-old was laid to rest on 11 June 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    GBV march organisers: President must declare a national crisis

    A group of women is gathering in Roodepoort to take a stand against gender-based violence.

    209 days ago
  • A protest was held at the Grand Parade on 5 September 2020 against corruption, farm murders, gender-based violence, and child killings. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    Move One Million protest: Enough is enough

    People from across Cape Town braved the cold weather on Saturday to raise awareness around violence against women and children and concerns around corruption.

    228 days ago
  • FILE: Ceremonial reeds are carried by maidens during the reed dance ceremony in September 2014 at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma. Picture: AFP.

    Zulu reed dance ceremony to focus on gender-based violence

    Umkhosi woMhlanga is held annually in celebration of Zulu maidens and it’s historically been used to promote sexual abstinence by young women to reduce HIV transmission.

    228 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele releases the first quarter crime statistics for 2020/2021 at a media briefing on 14 August 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Officers who turn away victims of GBV ‘have no place in SAPS’ – Bheki Cele

    Concerns have been raised about officers who turn victims away from police stations, leaving them without assistance.

    233 days ago
  • FILE: Capetonians took to the street to protest against gender-based violence on 4 September 2019. They moved from Parliament to the Cape Town International Convention Centre where the World Economic Forum on Africa event was under way. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    TARA PENNY: Imagine if we ACTUALLY helped women?

    Imagine a “one-stop shop” for all victims and potential victims of gender-based violence, writes Tara Penny.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters demonstrate against gender-based violence in front of Parliament on 30 June 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    SA must break down ‘boyhood code’ in fight against GBV, say experts

    This was one of the issues raised during a webinar commemorating one year since the rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana.

    239 days ago
  • Many have honoured Mrwetyana memory on the anniversary of her death. Picture: Kate Solomons

    Gone, not forgotten: SA remembers Uyinene Mrwetyana & reflects on GBV

    The University of Cape Town student, aged 19, was raped and murdered at the Post Office in Claremont by a worker, Luyanda Botha.

    240 days ago
  • Nomvuzo Atoli. Picture: Facebook.com

    No arrests yet after Nomvuzo Atoli’s body found

    Community members made the gruesome discovery early Thursday morning.

    241 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Uyinene Mrwetyana’s mom hopes to open wellness centre in fight against GBV

    The University of Cape Town student was raped and killed at the Post Office in Claremont before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.

    241 days ago
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    PODCAST: SA’s War on Women: Remembering Anene Booysen

    EWN revisits the town of Bredasdorp, the scene of several heinous crimes against women.

    255 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 23 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    WATCH: President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers Women's Day address

    Given the national lockdown restrictions on public gatherings, this year’s national day has been televised and celebrated virtually with president Ramaphosa delivering his address remotely.

    255 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Mpumalanga province to assess the province's state of readiness for COVID-19. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa to deliver Women’s Day address

    Today marks 64 years since the heroic 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings against draconian pass laws and their impact on women.

    255 days ago
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    OPINION: What are we really celebrating this Women’s Day?

    With Women’s Day nearing, we need to ask ourselves what we’re celebrating when the failing economic system has shown time and time again that women are not ‘valuable’, write Nombulelo Shange and Kali Nena.

    257 days ago
  • The late Meghan Cremer. Picture: Supplied.

    Campaign launched to honour Meghan Cremer’s memory, empower young girls

    Meghan Cremer went missing on 3 August in 2019. Her body was discovered in a Philippi sand mine five days later.

    261 days ago
  • Eight-year-old Tazne Van Wyk from Elsies River was kidnapped and murdered in February 2020. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService.

    CRIME STATS: 943 children murdered and more than 24,000 sexually assaulted

    The slight decline in the murders of children between 2018/2019 and this reporting year will come as little comfort to many whose children have been reported missing for months or years.

    264 days ago
  • FILE: Limpopo police have thanked neighbors in the community of Mokwakwaila for blowing the whistle on the crime. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN

    Limpopo man (65) arrested for alleged rape of teenage granddaughter

    It's alleged the abuse took place multiple times over the past two years, while the teenager's grandmother was not at home.

    264 days ago
  • FILE: Demonstrators gather near the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton on 13 September 2019 in protest against gender-based violence. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    KZN gender activists vow to continue fight for justice after recent murders

    Hlengiwe Gambushe of local feminist organisation, Umthwalume Women, was arrested on Tuesday after leading a march at the weekend calling for greater police visibility in the area.

    265 days ago
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