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South Africa: 'Rape Not Treated Seriously'
SAPA, 21 February 2013
Police officers and social workers should treat abuse and rape cases with more seriousness, a ministerial committee said on Wednesday. Read more »
A rally against rape and abuse in South Africa
Founder of support group Kwanele-Enuf, Andy Kawa, survived a 15-hour gang rape ordeal. She says the scourge of rape in South Africa is a serious ... see more »
Premier of the North West Province in South Africa has said that men found guilty of raping women and children should be punished by chemical castration. Read more »
Activists have called the brutal murder and rape of Anene Booysen a tipping point in national attitudes toward violence against women, but they maintain that more needs to be done. Read more »
The case of one of Anene Booysen's alleged killers has been postponed in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court and is expected to continue tomorrow when another accomplice is due to ... Read more »
The Government Communication and Information System has added its voice to the national call for South Africans to get involved and take a firm stand against rape and all forms of ... Read more »
NGOs, civil society and government have expressed outrage at the gang rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Police ... Read more »
Gender based violence is a primary concern in the fight against gender equality in Southern Africa. Studies indicate that violence as a means of controlling women is rooted in ... Read more »
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