South Africa: South Africans Call On President to Pledge R10 Billion to End Violence Against Women (press release)

Sonke Gender Justice Network, 25 February 2013

In a protest action organised by Avaaz.org and Sonke Gender Justice Network, gender equality activists from across Cape Town will gather outside the Houses of Parliament to call on ... read more »

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South Africans campaigning against sexual violence.

South Africa: South African Schools to Tackle Rape

SouthAfrica.info, 26 February 2013

The Department of Basic Education, in partnership with Lead SA, has announced a major initiative to raise awareness and educate South Africa's 10.2-million learners about the ... read more »
South Africa: E Cape Police Fail Rape Victim

Health-e, 26 February 2013

The community of the Eastern Cape village is rallying behind a rape survivor whose case is only being heard in court this month – three years after the traumatising attack ... read more »
South Africa: South Africa 'Committed to Human Rights'

SouthAfrica.info, 26 February 2013

South Africa is committed to the eradication of gender-based violence and the protection of all human rights, International Relations Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim told a ... read more »

Angie Motshekga, ANC Womens League President

South Africa: ANC Statement On the Rape of the Two Year Old Infant in Tzaneen (press release)

African National Congress, 22 February 2013

The African National Congress is shocked and numbed by yet another rape incident of a two year old infant by a male suspect who is 30 years in Tzaneen today. The suspect on this ... read more »

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South Africa: SA Urged to Join Fight Against Abuse

SouthAfrica.info, 22 February 2013

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Violence against Women and Children says every South African has an important role to play in rooting out the scourge of gender-based violence in ... read more »

South Africa: Rape 'Out of Control' in E Cape Village

Health-e, 21 February 2013

Two men, aged 26 and 30, late one night last week forced their way into 10-year-old Nasiphi’s* home in the Bazana location in the Eastern Cape and raped her. read more »

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Is Rape Taken Seriously in South Africa?

The government's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Violence against Women and Children has called on police and social workers to treat abuse and rape cases with more gravity after a ... Read more »
- South Africa: 'Rape Not Treated Seriously'
- South Africa: What the Pistorius Case May Say About Gender Violence
Will Castration Work in South Africa?

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 »
- South Africa: Castrate Rapists - Modise
- South Africa: Chemical Castration for Rapists Proposes North West Premier Modise
Brutal Rape a Tipping Point in South Africa

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 »
- South Africa: Anene Booysen's Rape and Murder Becomes a Tipping Point
- South Africa: Examining the Roots of Rape
South African Brutal Rape Case Postponed

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 »
- South Africa: Cape Town Teen's Murder Case Postponed
- Resource Document South Africans Express Their Outrage Over Rape on Social Media