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Scenes of destruction: Thousands of shops and businesses were looted following a wave of violent protest in July 2021. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Tembisa protests, Krugersdorp anger raise fears of new wave of violence

The spectre of the July 2021 riots looms large over the events in Gauteng of the last few days, and, as always, xenophobia is disgruntled South Africa’s faithful companion

Fighting back: Jes Foord started a foundation to help others who have been raped and to work with people, particularly youngsters, on preventing sexual abuse. (Rogan Ward)

I am not giving up, says rape survivor Jess Foord

Jes Foord told Lyse Comins that she believes she had to get the horrific ‘degree in rape’ so that she could help thousands of sexual violence victims through her nonprofit…

It is time for people respond to change gender-based violence, and end the suffering. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy)

Survivors of gender-based violence fight to be heard

Gender-based violence is escalating as the social crisis deepens. Some activists want a special council for survivors

Brave: Marchillino Ambraal was gang-raped because of his sexual orientation, but did not report it because of the humiliation. After the gang members raped him a second time, Ambraal decided to take a stand and reported the crime (David Harrison/M&G)

A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands

After ​Marchillino Ambraal was gang-raped a second time and a friend was killed, he wants to see justice done

Mukwege delivers his speech during the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Town Hall, Norway. (Berit Roald/Scanpix/Reuters)

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege?

The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC

Bad cop: It’s a case of ‘he said

‘Orange cops are bad, blue cops are good’

An anti-rape campaigner says metro police officers pulled her off the N1 and gang-raped her

[From our archives] Angry feminist? Damn right I’m angry

Fury over the misogyny and hatred in social media is fuel in the fight for a better, equal world.

India documentary ban: ‘We won’t shout but we will be heard’

An Indian news network ran a blank screen for an hour in protest of the government ban on airing a documentary about the gang-rape of a Delhi student.

‘Although these stories are important and need to be told

Documentary showing interview with gang rapist banned in India

Rapist Mukesh Singh had made offensive and derogatory remarks against women which could provoke a public outcry, police said.

Andrea Shaw and Daniel Limpitlaw discuss mining.

Video shows boy being raped in ‘race attack’

The pupils who attacked a boy, raping him with a broom handle, will appear in court on Friday. Meanwhile, the DA will protest at the school on Friday.

Women face a unique risk in conservative Muslim Pakistan

Online abuse a real danger for Pakistani women

Online abuse in Pakistan is triggering real-world violence against women owing to slow responses from Facebook and Twitter and poor law enforcement.

The Sudanese government has been criticised for the mistreatment and marginalisation of foreign nationals

Sudan: Pregnant teenager alleging gang-rape charged with adultery

An Ethiopian teenager who says she was raped by seven men last August, now faces a possible sentence of death by stoning.

Vigilantism is the law of the mob

Five arrested for lost tourist’s alleged gang rape in India

Police have detained a group of men in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi.

Gang rape, death of teenage girl sparks protest in India

Hundreds of people in India have protested and accused state authorities of failing to protect a girl who was allegedly gand raped and later died.

New Delhi gang rapists sentenced to death by hanging

An Indian court has sentenced the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman to death by hanging.

Indian student’s gang rape: Protests flare as teen is sentenced to 3 years

The sentencing of a teenager to three years in a juvenile detention centre over the fatal gang rape of a student in New Delhi has sparked outrage.

?The incident comes eight months after a student was gang raped in a moving bus in New Delhi, while her male companion was beaten up. (AFP)

Police arrest fifth suspect in Mumbai gang-rape incident

Mumbai police have arrested the final member of a gang suspected of raping a photographer, a crime that reignited anger about women’s safety in India.

A photojournalist holds a placard and participates in a protest against the gang rape of a 22-year-old woman photojournalist in Mumbai. (AFP)

Police arrest second suspect in Mumbai gang rape case

A second man has been arrested in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai as police promise swift justice.

Gang rape of journalist in Mumbai sparks comparisons with Delhi attack

The rape of a photojournalist in the Indian city of Mumbai has evoked comparisons to a similar assault in New Delhi that led to nationwide protests.

Verdict on New Delhi gang rape case deferred

A New Delhi court trying a teenager over a fatal gang-rape last December that shocked India deferred announcing the first verdict in the case.