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Sexual violence concerns grow after alleged rape of e-hailing driver

By Staff reporter Reverend Mawande Lugongolo of the Rev Lugongolo Foundation says sexual violence remains a serious concern that requires conversations across communities, regardless of gender. His comments follow the alleged kidnapping and rape of an e-hailing driver, who was rescued by police in Heathfield after his family was allegedly contacted with a R4,000 ransom demand. Five suspects have been arrested in connection with the case. Lugongolo says male victims […]

18 September 2026

News

Experts unpack sexual violence amongst children

The Teddy Bear Clinic says it has assisted children as young as five that have instigated or orchestrated instances of sexual violence, having full awareness of the wrong they were about to commit. The clinic’s director, Dr Shaheda Omar, spoke to VOC’s Breakfast Beat show following the alleged gang rape of a mentally ill woman by six teens in Parkwood. “We've worked with children as young as five and six […]

10 September 2020

International News

Egypt approves law to protect identities of women reporting sex abuse

Egypt approved a new law on Sunday to protect the identity of women who come forward to report sexual harassment or assault in a move that aimed to encourage women and girls to report cases of sexual violence. The law, which will give victims the automatic right to anonymity, comes as hundreds of women have started to speak up on social media about sexual assault in a #MeToo movement in […]

17 August 2020

Events

#Survivor Campaign – Rape as a weapon of war

Official statistics on how many women and children have been victims of sexual violence and rape in various “hot” wars around the world are extremely difficult to come by. The high number of under reported cases makes it almost impossible to form a definitive number to the scourge. What can be said, without doubt however, is that rape in war is a massive problem and that rape is used as […]

19 April 2018

News

Report finds disturbing gaps in services for sexual violence survivors in SA

Nearly three-quarters of public health facilities in South Africa designated to provide services to survivors of sexual violence are unable to provide all the components of medical or clinical forensic care, according to a new report released today by the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). An additional 7% of designated facilities reported they do not have the capacity to see victims, and would refer them […]

29 November 2017

International News

UN: ‘Egregious’ sexual violence reports emerge from Rohingya

The head of the UN's migration agency said he's "shocked and concerned" about reports of sexual and gender-based violence among new Rohingya arrivals in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The International Organization for Migration's Director-General William Lacy Swing made the comments on Wednesday as Rohingya refugees who escaped a military crackdown in Myanmar accused the army of raping women and girls. Myanmar's government denies the claims, but has refused to allow international […]

28 September 2017

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