Violence

Child abuse: has the early warning system broken down?

Children are dying because of failure to identify abuse, overworked social workers and too much red tape

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

June Dolley-Major said on Facebook that Melvin Booysen raped her

Dozens picket outside Parliament against gender-based violence

Concern over loss of momentum since massive protests following Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder

Call for sex offender list to be made public

Protest against gender-based violence in Cape Town

Senior judge alleged to have ordered hit on colleague

Hundreds protest against farm murders

Call for state to assist with security

No justice for Khayelitsha woman, raped while taking a nap

Activists say they were horrified to see accused walking around the court’s waiting area

Train station burnt and railway lines sabotaged

Attack on Metrorail infrastructure coincides with termination of security contracts

Learners march through Cape Town, demanding safer schools

Call for Western Cape Education Department to create safety committees

Good and bad ideas for reducing violence in South Africa

We were making progress until 2011. So what happened?

Elsies River residents march against violence after spike in murders

“We’ve had enough killing, we’ve had enough violence, we’ve had enough murders”

Children protest against gang violence after learners killed in Elsie’s River

“We are fed up! Enough is enough!”

CPUT students vow to continue shut down

“How can a protest allegedly in support of gender-based violence leave more casualties in its wake?” asks vice-chancellor

Call for more churches to become places of refuge

Methodists hold silent protest against gender based violence

“We need to address the massive unemployment, inequality and poverty that allow violence”

Cape Town activists march against violence

“I was raped by someone who belonged to my church at the age of 15”

Athlone residents speak out against violence against women