The grandparents of an 8-year-old Lenasia South girl in Gauteng claim they’ve had to navigate the medical, psychosocial and criminal justice systems alone in the days following the girl’s alleged rape by a security guard at her school. The family…
Gauteng: When Mphonyana Mtamane arrived at Zola Clinic in Soweto on the morning of 27 May 2026, she was visibly injured, with bruises and scratches showing on her face and neck. Three days earlier, she had been raped by a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared GBVF as a national disaster ahead of the G20 Leaders Summit in November 2025.
Rape survivors are often subjected to hostile cross-examinations and long delays that make seeking justice feel like punishment.
This breakthrough follows an 18-month campaign led by Women for Change.
Globally 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 6 men experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Researchers believe that intimate partner violence may have its roots in childhood.
You don't have to go to the police station first. You can go to any health facility to get medical care and any police station to report and lay a charge.
Sharing their experiences of GBV is an encouragement to other women to not stay silent and also lobby governments to take a stand.
An LGBTQI sexual violence survivor and activist is fighting tooth and nail to raise awareness about the challenges they face in their communities. Sexual violence affects every demographic in South Africa. But according to Queen Beyonce Tovhowani Makondo, lesbian, gay…
Government is not adequately funding and resourcing shelters for survivors of gender-based violence. This was the admission of Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. During a panel discussion on the final day of the Presidential Summit on GBVF, Zulu said the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared gender-based violence and femicide as South Africa’s first pandemic and said society was at war with women and children. The President spoke during the second day of the 2nd Presidential Summit on GBVF at Gallagher Estate…
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (IMC-GBVF) outlined the progress made by the government in implementing the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on GBVF. Led by its Chairperson, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, the briefing set the stage ahead of the…
When Nontuthuzelo Made was admitted to the intensive care unit after testing positive for COVID-19, she thought it was just a matter of days before she’d go home. But the 42-year-old was actually fighting for her life. “Initially, I didn’t…
Pamela Madonsela spoke to a Cape Town-based doula who experienced obstetric violence before embarking on her journey of offering a better birthing experience to other moms. “If I had known back then what obstetric violence was, I would have acted.…
With family rejection rife in some communities, a former mental health patient has urged relatives to give their loved ones a second shot at life. About a year ago, Melvin Matodzi* was discharged from the Hayani Psychiatric Hospital just outside…
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