Will South African Rape Victims Ever See Justice?

340 guilty verdicts from 3952 cases, that's what a new study shows. The dreadful reality of how the criminal justice system is failing victims of this "'priority crime" in South Africa, writes Bhekisisa.

South Africans standing up against rape (file photo).

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