Suspected cable thief electrocuted at Netreg train station
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SAPS top brass to review anti-rape strategy
National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole said that the anti-rape strategy was being reviewed and even police officers would be trained to be sensitive in their approach to cases involving gender-based violence.
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ANC MPs don't support call for return of death penalty - Majodina
Speaking after the party's parliamentary caucus lekgotla at the weekend, chief whip Pemmy Majodina said its MPs were against such an idea.
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ANCWL leads anti-femicide protest in CT
Members of the African National Congress Women’s League handed over a memorandum of demands at the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court.
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One week on & no arrests for murders of Jesse Hess, grandfather
It’s been more than a week after 19-year-old Jesse Hess and her grandfather were killed at their Parow home, but no arrests have been made.
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Universities SA hopes Ramaphosa meeting over student safety brings change
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to meet with the leaders of the country’s tertiary education institutions but no date has been set at this stage.
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Non-disclosure of Uyinene Mrwetyana's alleged killer's criminal history probed
The State Security Agency had informed Sapo officials of the employee's criminal record following a vetting process in June last year but this never reached executives or the board.
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After burying Jesse Hess, family must now prepare for grandfather’s funeral
Sandy Hess said the family was processing the tragedy and had to prepare for another funeral.
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NIKKI BUSH: SA, do you know where you're going to?
After a week that left South Africa shaken and with some of the events striking very close to home, a frustrated Nikki Bush looks at the current state of the nation and asks what legacy are we going to leave the children of our beloved country.
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Two more women killed in Cape Town
The killings of two more women have been confirmed by police, which means the nation is dealing with the news of at least three femicides since this Friday.
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WINNIE THELETSANE: Searching for a dead woman's picture - a journo's predicament
Being a journalist is a harrowing job and sometimes needs a cold heart to deal with stories of murders and rapes. Winnie Theletsane lifts the lid on the job in the wake of the anger and grief of this week's protests against gender-based violence.
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Ramaphosa describes Mrwetyana’s death as a watershed moment
Ramaphosa met with Mrwetyana's family in the Eastern Cape on Friday.
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Woman's body found near Gugulethu school
It's unclear how she was killed.
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CPUT student kidnapped outside hospital, sexually assaulted
On Tuesday night, the woman was abducted outside Tygerberg Hospital and sexually assault.
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5 points from Ramaphosa’s plan to fight gender-based violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa told South Africans he had a plan for dealing with gender-based violence after days of protests. Here are the highlights of his plan.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Rapists are fascists who deny women their humanity
In a week when anger and grief over the rape and murders of women in the country reached a crescendo, Busani Ngcaweni says that harsher measures must be implemented even if it is our fathers, friends and sons who must be punished for abusing women.
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Probe ordered into how Uyinene Mrwetyana’s killer allowed to work at Post Office
The accused was arrested recently and has confessed to raping and killing Uyinene Mrwetyana.
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Ramaphosa to address SA on harsher penalties for gender-based violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa was heckled when addressing protesters against gender-based violence outside Parliament.
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11 CT gender violence protesters released on warning
The suspects have been released on a warning until their court appearance.
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Janika Mello’s father says her murder ‘feels like a bad dream’
Marlon Koopman and the rest of the slain girl's family joined teachers and learners for a memorial service at Northwood Primary School in Mitchells Plain yesterday.
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#AmINext: CT protests against gender violence to continue today despite arrests
While delegates gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa on Wednesday, anger boiled over on the sidelines of the event.
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UWC student questioned over sex assault claims as campus mourns Jesse Hess
Police members were called to a residence in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a group of students had gathered to point out individuals who they claim were rapists.
