Rape victims
Nobel peace prize shines light on rape in conflict
The Norwegian Nobel Committee in October said the prize was for "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".
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Bathabile Dlamini: Trial mustn't cause secondary trauma for rape victims
The Minister for Women in the Presidency on Monday attended proceedings against Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso, who has been accused of sex trafficking and rape.
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Pregnant woman raped at gunpoint in front of daughter
The police's Leonard Hlathi says the woman managed to fight back and targeted her attacker's genitals.
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Mitchells Plain community threatens action if child rape suspect granted bail
This comes after a seven-year-old Tafelsig girl was sexually assaulted by a man who’s known to her family last Friday.
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Limpopo teacher to appear in court for allegedly raping teen
It’s alleged the man raped the teenaged girl on Friday after offering her a lift home from school.
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UDM hails decision not to prosecute EC mother who killed daughter's rapist
The court on Monday heard that the senior state prosecutor declined to prosecute after reviewing the docket.
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Ruling in case of EC mother of rape victim welcomed
UDM Women's Organisation says no mother would have been able to fold her arms while her daughter was being raped in front of her.
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[ALERT] Charges dropped against woman who killed daughter's alleged rapist
The woman was arrested last month after stabbing a man to death and wounding two others who were allegedly involved in the gang rape of her daughter.
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NGO says SA criminal justice system doesn’t favour rape victims
The judges cut a man’s jail term from life to 20 years, saying he only forced the girl to perform oral sex on him.
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Pretoria man faces 19 rape charges
Police believe some of the victims were first hijacked then driven to a field where they were assaulted and raped.
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Valencia Farmer's mom: Attacker's parole decision opened old wounds
Sylvia Farmer says she does not believe any of her daughter’s attackers should be released on parole.
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EC police arrest teen for allegedly raping woman (68)
A Butterworth community has assisted police in arresting an 18-year-old boy for allegedly raping a 68-year-old woman.
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Taxi associations and govt officials up in arms to protect women
Three people have since been arrested in connection with robbing a Johannesburg woman recently, but they have not been linked to her rape.
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N West popular spa cancels night treatments
It’s emerged a couple, travelling to the spa for treatment, was attacked by 4 gunmen who also raped the woman earlier this month.
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No arrests made in Johannesburg taxi rape case
Authorities are looking for three suspects who have raped several women while driving around with them.
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Taxi rapes: Police searching for a certain taxi driver, says MEC
Gauteng MEC for Community Safety Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says the rape survivors are now at a centre receiving medical and psychological attention.
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Joburg taxi rapes: Second victim battling to get police help
The woman says she boarded the taxi on Oxford Road last Friday and was forced to perform sexual acts on one of the three men inside the vehicle.
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Another JHB taxi rape victim comes forward
The woman says she boarded the taxi on Oxford Road on Friday before being forced at gunpoint to perform oral sex on one of the three men inside.
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MEC urges women sexually assaulted by taxi drivers to come forward
A Johannesburg woman was raped in the back of a taxi in front of her 10-year-old son on Sunday.
