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Parly committee proposes measures needed to deal with gender violence
The committee says there should be consequences for police members at all levels who respond inadequately to victims’ complaints.
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Khayelistha woman teaches girls boxing to fight gender violence
Andiswa Madikane started Box Girls in 2009, but it has only recently been registered as a legitimate non-profit organisation.
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[OPINION] Women in power are complicit in SA’s gender-based violence
South Africa has one of the worst records of violence against women in the world. But not all women in the country seem to want to change this.
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[ANALYSIS] Why home is the most dangerous place for women
Nearly a third of women worldwide in intimate relationships will experience violence at the hands of their partners.
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Motsoaledi: Men trailing in fight against HIV and Aids
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says men are trailing in the fight against HIV and Aids as they amount to only 30% of people who test for the virus.
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Bathabile Dlamini: Women abuse must become taboo
The minister was speaking at Constitution Hill at the launch of an app to curb abuse against women.
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[CARTOON] When You Strike A Woman...
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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Dlamini: Manana case about fighting patriarchy, violence against women
African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini says leaders in the ANC need to come clean on issues of women abuse.
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Powa: Charging Manana, Sisulu sends strong message to abusers
The NPA’s Phindi Mjonondwane says they will not hesitate to arrest and charge even the highest profile people accused of abuse.
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SA should reject Manana as a leader - activist group
Mduduzi Manana was granted R5,000 bail at the Randburg Magistrates Court where he appeared on two counts of assault.
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NPA to present 'strong case' in Manana assault matter
The National Prosecuting Authority says that only a court can test the strength of the case against deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana.
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WC MEC to visit family of murdered Aviwe Jam-Jam
Jam-Jam had been missing for several weeks before her family identified her body this week.
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[LISTEN] How law enforcement approaches abuse cases
Lisa Vetten, a Mellon doctoral candidate says a plan by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula to prohibit victims of abuse from withdrawing cases of abuse after they’ve opened them, will be very difficult.
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'If you see something, say something'
The Western Cape Social Development Department is appealing to family and friends of victims of abuse to advocate for their loved ones following the latest incident of femicide to hit the province.
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Shabangu: Laws alone can't stop women abuse
This year’s women's month comes at the back drop of several cases of femicide in the country.
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TAC: Retaining Manana would be an insult to Constitution
The human rights organisation says if Mduduzi Manana is allowed to continue serving as deputy Higher Education Minister it would be an insult to the country’s Constitution.
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Karabo Mokoena murder case postponed
Sandile Mantsoe is accused of killing his girlfriend, Karabo Mokoena, setting her body alight and dumping it in Lyndhurst.
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Alexandra family left devastated by sisters' murders
Tumi and Tshepo Sefolo were murdered allegedly by Tumi’s boyfriend of seven years and the father of her two daughters.
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Karabo Mokoena murder: Sandile Mantsoe denied bail
Mantsoe, who appeared in the Johannesburg magistrates court on Friday, is facing charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice.
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Ramaphosa: Gender violence undermining govt's efforts to create caring society
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said if the country is to succeed in overcoming gender-based violence, its causes needed to be effectively understood.
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Talks for safer taxis for women yielding no results - activist groups
The Soul City Institute for Social Justice says its objective is to develop a national 'safe taxis charter' to regulate the industry.
