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South Africa: Commission Welcomes 'Timeous' Ruling on Common Purpose in Gang Rape
News24Wire, 14 December 2019
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has welcomed a ruling by the Constitutional Court dismissing a case of two rapists who went on a rampage, raping women in a suburb of… Read more »
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South Africa: Landmark Concourt Ruling Clarifies Law On Gang Rape
Daily Maverick, 12 December 2019
For years, South African courts have been divided on whether the doctrine of common purpose can apply to rape -- and in particular, whether someone can be convicted of rape even if… Read more »
No More Protection in South African Law for Rape Accomplices
The system of patriarchy and its ills, through the sexist application of the common law doctrine of common purpose, has been chipped away. The South African law of common purpose has just taken the correct turn over sex and gender-based violence, writes Omphemetse Sibanda in Daily Maverick. Meanwhile, the Commission for Gender Equality has said "the judgment would allow for more effective prosecution of perpetrators involved in gang rape".
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There has been an outpouring of grief after a number of women and young girls have been either abducted, raped or killed at the hands of men. A man has been charged with the murder ... Read more »
