Many predators target women and children, and they aren’t defined by race, income or geography. It’s a shameful phenomenon, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.

Humanitarian workers and activists say the government has repeatedly delayed access for relief and aid, potentially in violation of a truce agreement.

The year 2009 must become a 365-day campaign of no violence against women and children, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.

Child witnesses are often made to confront their assailants, write Anita Funke and Sandiso Phaliso.