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South Africa: Murdered Tshegofatso Pule to Be Laid to Rest
News24Wire, 11 June 2020
Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was found stabbed and hanged from a tree in a veld in Roodepoort on Monday, will be laid to rest on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: Another Woman Found Stabbed and Dumped in Field - Boyfriend Arrested
News24Wire, 10 June 2020
A 36-year-old Eastern Cape man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend and dumping her body in an open field last week. Read more »
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South Africa: Murder Rate Has Spiked Since Alcohol Sales Ban Lifted - Bheki Cele
News24Wire, 10 June 2020
Since the alcohol sales ban was lifted at the beginning of the Level 3 lockdown in June, there has been a surge in murders after a lull between March and May. Read more »
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South Africa: Woman Hanged and the Suspect in Custody
SAPS, 9 June 2020
A 52-year-old man is expected to appear at the Ndwedwe Magistrates Court today for a case of murder. It is alleged that on 07 June 2020 at 23:50, three men entered a home at… Read more »
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South Africa: Gender Based Violence a Priority of the SAPS
SAPS, 9 June 2020
The Provincial Management of the South African Police Service in Limpopo views the alleged ineptness of the police in Seshego in an alleged rape case in a very serious light. Read more »
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South Africa: Man Hands Himself Over for Brutal Murder of Naledi Phangindawo
News24Wire, 9 June 2020
A 34-year-old man will appear in the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Naledi Phangindawo, 25, from KwaNonqaba. Read more »
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South Africa: Lesufi to Visit Family of Pregnant Tshegofatso Pule, Who Was Stabbed, Hanged From a Tree
News24Wire, 9 June 2020
Gauteng Acting Social Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi will on Tuesday visit the family of Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was found stabbed and hanged in a veld on Monday. She was eight… Read more »
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Govt of SA, 8 June 2020
The Inter-Ministerial Committee resolves to fast-track the establishment of a Council to eradicate Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Read more »
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South Africa: Over 1 400 GBV, Domestic Abuse Cases Opened in Gauteng During Level 5 Lockdown
News24Wire, 21 May 2020
Gauteng police have opened 1 426 cases linked to gender-based violence (GBV) and domestic abuse since Level 5 lockdown was implemented. Read more »
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South Africa: Gender-Based Violence During Lockdown - Looking for Answers
ISS, 11 May 2020
The COVID-19 crisis and social distancing measures have caused deep concerns about their impact on women in abusive relationships. Numerous articles in the South African media have… Read more »
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South Africa: Depression and Domestic Violence On the Rise
New Frame, 11 May 2020
The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is being felt not only in the growing number of infections but also in an increase in general anxiety and cases of gender-based violence. Read more »
Killing of Women Continues Unabated in South Africa
Tshegofatso Pule, who was was found stabbed and hanged from a tree in a veld in Roodepoort, has become a beacon in the struggle against gender-based violence (GBV). The death of Pule, who was eight months pregnant at the time, comes after a spate of cases which include the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Limpopo which police classified as an "abduction", the hanging and murder of a 31-year-old woman in KwaZulu-Natal and the formation of an inter-ministerial committee aimed at ending GBV. These cases are the latest in the country's fight against GBV, which became a flashpoint in the national discourse during 2019 after the death of Uyinene Mrwetyana whose murder ignited national protests under the #AmINext hashtag.
#AmINext protesters wearing black in support of the fight against gender-based violence take demonstrations to the gates of Parliament (file photo).
InFocus
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The family of slain student Uyinene Mrwetyana has welcomed the three life terms handed down to her rapist and killer Luyanda Botha, saying they did not believe his confession meant ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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Addressing a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an emergency plan to deal with the violence against women ... Read more »
