Women farmworkers call for land redistribution to address hunger
Access to food for farmworkers can depend on the season and on violence in the home and in the community.
Gender
Court rules against Home Affairs on Omotoso arrest
Protesters outside the East London court were furious over the release of Omotoso.
Clergy support closure of Omotoso church and his deportation
Different groups protested outside East London Magistrates Court where Timothy Omotoso appeared.
Ending the blesser-blessee exchange: A psychologist’s approach
Poverty is at the centre of transactional sexual relationships with older men.
No public toilets at Home Affairs in Vhembe
Lack of access to water in Vhembe affects quality of government services.
Khayelitsha gets a men’s health clinic
Some of the services offered at the new clinic include HIV infection prevention (PrEP), screening for sexually transmitted diseases and TB, and health education.
Government denounced for sub-contracting fight against GBV to NGOs
The march marked the fifth year since Uyinene Mrwetyana’s brutal murder by Luyanda Botha.
Women’s shelters raise concern over missing GBV dockets
The South African Police Service has closed almost 300,000 unsolved criminal cases, including 61,000 of rape due to insufficient evidence
NPA opens rape crisis centre in Mitchells Plain
The Thuthuzela facilities have led to increased reporting of cases and increased sentences but GBV rates remain high.
For domestic workers, women’s month marks their ongoing struggle
Domestic workers are still fighting from the margins of unregulated labour where slave-like servitude persists and goes unreported.
Fetching water is daily pain for Vhembe women
For over three decades, residents of rural villages in Vhembe in Limpopo have been suffering without running water and even those who reside a few kilometres from the massive Nandoni dam do not have water.
Public Protector finds government is failing victims of GBV
Dilapidated infrastructure, water shortages, network problems and lack of electricity have been cited as some of the causes for the failure of South Africa’s criminal justice system in dealing with cases of gender-based violence.
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