Tagged:

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".

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 »
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 »

(file photo)

South Africa: Constitutional Court Strikes a Decisive Blow Against Rape

Daily Maverick, 13 December 2019

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… Read more »

InFocus

We Aren't Safe Anywhere, Say South Africa's Women

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 »
- South Africa: Four Durban Children Hanged, Cops Hunt for Step-Father
- South Africa: 'Dark Period for SA' - Ramaphosa Condemns Uyinene Mrwetyana and Leighandre Jegels Murders

Follow AllAfrica

Top Headlines: Human Rights

AllAfrica publishes around 800 reports a day from more than 130 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 800 news and information items daily from over 130 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC.

AllAfrica - All the Time