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The programme provides a safe space for teenage girls in Makhanda’s townships to discuss and learn about sexual and reproductive health

Girls’ movement calls on traditional isiXhosa practice of entangeni

The programme provides a safe space for teenage girls in Makhanda’s townships to discuss and learn about sexual and reproductive health

The acquittal of televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused has shocked everyone. Photo: Lulama Zenzile/Gallo Images

Omotoso’s acquittal points to weaknesses in the police and justice system

How many more women have to experience sexual violence before we can see a fundamental change?

Browned off: R&B star Chris Brown appears in court in Los Angeles in 2014 after assaulting singer Rihanna, with whom he was in a relationship. Photo: Lucy Nicholson-Pool/Getty Images

Chris Brown: Should home affairs have acted?

The US musician, who has a history of violence against women, is set to perform in Johannesburg

Justice delayed: Victoria Badzhi, who lives in Thohoyandou, in the Vhembe area of Limpopo, has twice been raped in her own home and, four years later, is still waiting for legal conclusion.

Rape survivor fights for justice: ‘I live in fear, will someone else get me?’

Thousands of rape cases are in limbo because the police apparently can’t check fingerprints on the department of home affairs’ database

Stop killing us: Five times as many South African women are killed by intimate partners than the global average; women with disabilities are 10 times more vulnerable. Photo Sharon Seretlo/Getty Images

Gender-based violence affects one in three women regardless of income group

A report by the Tears Foundation has highlighted that women don’t report cases to the police and call for help from work, emphasising the need for personal, confidential services

It is estimated that one in three women will experience physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime.
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Women job seekers often experience rape or sexual assault

The reality is that speaking out exposes victims to further victimisation and often the perpetrator gets off scot-free

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana.(Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Pressure builds as Enoch Godongwana forges on with fiscal consolidation

Enoch Godongwana is currently seized with preparations for the medium-term budget, which will give details on whether fiscal stability is still possible

Enoch Godongwana,   (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

‘Relieved’ to hear from police on sexual assault allegation, Godongwana will continue to do his job

The finance minister confirmed he had been approached by the police about a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault

Louis Pepping is accused of raping a six-year from Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki. Photo supplied

Former education employee accused of raping child laughs as witnesses testify in court

Louis Pepping’s trial was moved from Lusikisiki to the Mthata high court because of fears that angry residents would attack the courthouse.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Parliamentary legal opinion urges steps on MPs, former minister named in Zondo report

Senior MP Cedric Frolick should face an inquiry by the ethics committee while Gwede Mantashe and Nomvula Mokhonyane could face criminal sanction

The SPCA and NGO Claw fought to have the case involving the sexual assault of a puppy case heard. (Getty)

Inside the 18-month investigation into Roodepoort man’s rape of family dog

Perpetrator jailed for eight years after he sexually assaulted his neighbour’s puppy

MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny. (Supplied)

MacG is riding the wave of misogynistic podcasts

MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny

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An open letter to my Springbok

From an old acquaintance* with benefits

Recent reports have exposed child trafficking, neglect and abuse on a shocking  scale inside Ukraine’s own state and state-linked systems.

Teenage pregnancy – which is often child rape – should enrage us

Fixing the system starts at home, where parents and guardians who shield the perpetrators of sexual assault must be held accountable for their complicity

Singer R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on September 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.  Kelly is facing multiple sexual assault charges and is being held without bail.   (Photo by Antonio Perez – Pool via Getty Images)

R. Kelly convicted of leading decades-long sex abuse ring

He faces up to life in prison, a dramatic fall for the singer long praised as R&B’s king

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Soweto teacher dismissed for the alleged repeated rape of a learner

The learner was 13 when the alleged rapes started, and they continued for two years until she asked to be moved to another school

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Educators only fined up to R5 000 for corporal punishment, SAHRC hears

Commission questions gaps in the law regarding corporal punishment and sexual assault

Pervasive: A video of Lufuno Mavhunga being bullied at school went viral on social media. She took her life a day after the incident

Principals put lid on learner abuse

The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and…

Former police minister Bheki Cele. (Paul Botes)

Drugs and alcohol abuse rage in crime stats

Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Minister shows her ignorance with  ‘educated men don’t rape’ remarks

Angie Motshekga was speaking to learners in a secondary school in Pretoria