Extortion and by-law infringement top priorities for police over festive season
The national and Western Cape police commissioners outlined their crime prevention strategy for the holiday season.
Gender Based Violence
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.
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.
UWC students march against GBV and university’s silence on reported cases
Two cases of sexual assault involving three EFFSC leaders at UWC provoked students to march against gender-based violence on campus.
Sexual violence in schools is worse than reported – report
By Stats SA estimates, 1 in 5 children are victims of sexual violence while the Western Cape education department says there have only been five reported cases at schools in the province so far this year.
Migrant labour and superstitions combine to make elderly women and young girls in Lusikisiki vulnerable to rape
A report by the CSVR paints a picture of how violent masculine cultures are behind Lusikisiki’s country-leading statistics on gender-based violence.
Plea to transform Clareinch Post Office to a place of healing as Uyinene is remembered
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.
Men picket in Khayelitsha against GBV after teen’s rape and murder
The local councillor says that there have been too many reported cases of rape in Taiwan informal settlement this year for men not to make a stand for the security of women in their community.
Khayelitsha men talk about gender-based violence
Imbizo ya Madoda saw men living in and around Khayelitsha participating in a long overdue and crucial conversation around GBV.
2021 – The wrap
These are some of the stories we brought you in 2021. Expect more to follow in 2022.
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