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South Africa: Femicide - Stabbing, Death of Student Sparks Outrage
allAfrica, 23 September 2019
Sinethemba Ndlovu, a student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has died in hospital after she was stabbed by a man who allegedly "forced himself on her" while she worked at… Read more »
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South Africa: Pandor to Address 'Terrible' Gender-Based Violence At UN General Assembly
News24Wire, 23 September 2019
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor says gender equality and gender-based violence are some of the issues she will be addressing in the UN General… Read more »
United Nations to Hear of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
The "brutal" stabbing and death of University of KwaZulu-Natal student Sinethemba Ndlovu has caused outrage and comes a at time when gender-based violence in the country has garnered nationwide attention, with International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor due to address the issue at the United Nations General Assembly.
Top: United Nations General Assembly hall. Bottom-left: Slain UKZN student Sinethemba Ndlovu. Bottom-right: Minister Naledi Pandor.
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