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Intimate partner femicide is declining in SA: study

While SA is ranked among countries with the highest rate of femicide in the world, the country has seen a decline in intimate partner femicide cases. Non-intimate partner femicide has remained unchanged since 2009. This is according to the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC), which on Tuesday released its third national femicide study. The study examined medical and police investigation data from a random sample of 81 urban and rural […]

today9 March 2022

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Lest we forget: Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder remembered a year on

August 24 marks one year since 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and killed at the Clareinch Post Office before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha. Mrwetyana's death sparked nationwide outrage and protest, calling for change in SA. Here is a timeline of the events leading to Mrwetyana's death. On August 8, Mrwetyana made her way to the post office in Claremont to inquire about the status of a package she […]

today24 August 2020

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Parliament’s presiding officers join others in call for urgent action against GBV and femicide

Parliament's presiding officers, led by National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces Chairperson Amos Masondo, have added their voices to mounting public outrage over ongoing gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide incidents around the country. "Bold and resolute action, rather than outrage, however, is what our nation needs to change this shocking state of affairs in our country," they said in a statement on Sunday. "We know it […]

today15 June 2020

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Saartjie Baartman centre appeals for support to end violence against women and children

The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children is appealing to local communities to join hands with interested parties and collectively play their part to end the scourge of violence against women and children. This comes after yet another parolee has been arrested in connection with the murder of a child. The lifeless body of 8-year-old Reagan Gertse was found mangled in the bushes of a riverbank in Tulbagh in […]

today3 March 2020

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Mbalula aims to make reporting gender based crimes less traumatic

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said he is focussing his efforts at ensuring that all gender-based violence crimes are made easier and less traumatic to report to the police. During the launch of a gender-based violence and protection of vulnerable groups indaba on Thursday in Centurion, Mbalula conceded that there are police and societal barriers to reporting gender based crimes to the police. "I aimed at focusing our efforts into making […]

today18 August 2017

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