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Femicide

Plea to transform Clareinch Post Office to a place of healing as Uyinene is remembered

28th August 2023 Asive Mabula 0

The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, the University of Cape Town (UCT), and civil society organisations marched from Uyinene’s former residence, to the Clareinch Post Office where she was brutally murdered in 2019.

Jealous lover turned murderer gets 20 years – possible parole in 10

28th June 2021 Sandiso Phaliso 0

The gruesome murder of Busisiwe Ngwadla and the light sentence given to her killer has put the spotlight on the effectiveness of police in dealing with femicide and gender-based violence.

What will it take for Canada to confront its femicide crisis?

21st February 2020 Equal Times 0

As civil society, activists, governments and the United Nations hail 2020 a critical year for advancing women’s rights and gender equality, a femicide crisis in […]

SAPS is failing survivors of domestic violence – report

16th January 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

A report from the Western Cape Department of Community Safety paints a bleak picture of how the police in the province are dealing with domestic violence.

Gender-based violence in Khayelitsha becoming more violent

25th November 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence seems way too little concern about the war on women.

Ramaphosa breaks his silence on gender-based violence

6th September 2019 Mzi Velapi Tandeka Bafo Sinethemba Mbewana Anathi Mlonyeni Jeremy Phillips 0

Protestors say that the promises that the President made are not enough to deal with the scourge of gender-based violence.

Protestors call for tougher measures against violent men

4th September 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

About 3,000 protestors gathered outside Parliament in Cape Town before going to the World Economic Forum meeting in the International Convention Centre, calling for action to combat men who rape and murder women.

South Africa won’t become less violent until it’s more equal

19th September 2018 Anine Kriegler 0

The release of crime statistics in South Africa always triggers great angst among ordinary citizens, and obfuscation on the part of the South African authorities. […]

Thousands march against gender-based violence

1st August 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Women from all walks of life joined the march to Parliament to highlight gender-based violence in South Africa.

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