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Mbuyiselo Botha

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The Emmarentia road rage incident has brought to the fore the culture of violence and anger, which manifests itself in road rage incidents and a rise in domestic violence among South African families.

Emmarentia road rage portrays SA’s growing culture of intolerance

This incident has brought to the fore the culture of violence and anger, which manifests itself in road rage incidents and a rise in domestic violence among South African families

In the wake of a rise in reported cases of sexual violence in schools, including the allegedly rape of a seven-year-old girl, civil society and government leaders are calling for urgent and systemic reform of how schools protect pupils. (Getty)

We need to rethink ‘intention’ in rape legislation

The inclusion of intention in the definition of rape reintroduces the requirement that there should be physical evidence that the victim was overpowered

Lungisa Fuzile (Gallo)

Faith can promote rape culture

Pastors who use biblical texts to justify what is ‘natural’ perpetuate gender violence

White men also perpetrate acts of violence

But white privilege distorts that fact and so the focus turns on black men as the main instigators.

We owe it to the 1976 generation to do better

Would it be different if the person who had been killed was a white sports superstar or, indeed, any other white person?

Pope Francis stated last year that ‘the door is closed’ on the idea of women priests.

Patriarchy must be defrocked

Women priests who defy Catholic doctrine and demand equality should be applauded.

Are more protests

Comment: Rape, murder and indifference

The government must stop paying mere lip service to rooting out gender-based violence.

Fatherhood’s a struggle for the fatherless

Without a father figure of your own, being a dad can be something of an emotional challenge, writes Mbuyiselo Botha.

What I learnt from my rapist brother

It has been almost 30 years since Mbuyiselo Botha’s brother committed rape. He did not have a clue about what rape did to its survivors.