Mbombela protests stand between patients, care
A meeting with Premier David Mabuza has reportedly ended recent violent protests in Mpumalanga’s Mbombela area but not before protests stood between patients and care, say residents.
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Recovery after rape
The trauma of rape can cause severe emotional distress for the survivor, and feelings of shock, shame, guilt, anger and powerlessness are common.
Reporting rape when the police don’t take you seriously
Despite rape being a serious problem in South Africa, some police officers still don’t know how to treat rape survivors properly.
Six steps to take if you have been raped
As Women's Month winds to an end, Rape Crisis gives advice for rape survivors.
Rape within families under-reported
Rape remains under-reported nationally but there may be no rapes more hidden than those committed within families.
Booklet: The Road to Recovery – You and Rape
This Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust booklet provides information for rape survivors including how to report a rape, what to do medically after an assault and how to report poor treatment by the police.
Young East Rand lesbians wear the pants
Knowledge of the Constitution is enabling young lesbian women on the East Rand to fight for their rights and to ‘walk tall’ in the face of persecution. They are eking out spaces for themselves through small daily acts of defiance.
My rape was a joke to my friends
Samkelo Mabaso* was raped by a stranger in Nelspruit last November, but when he told his friends they laughed at him so he decided not to report the rape.
Self-acceptance frees young lesbian
After years of mental distress from trying to deny her sexuality and hide it from her family, Noxolo Nxumalo has accepted that she loves women.
[Updated] Activists canvass Johannesburg ahead of anti-xenophobia march
About 200 activists from civil society organisations spent yesterday canvassing Johannesburg’s inner-city ahead of tomorrow’s march in protest of recent xenophobic violence that is expected to draw 30,000.
Anti-xenophobia march to draw more than 30,000
More than 30,000 people are expected to attend a Johannesburg march Thursday to protest recent xenophobic violence in the country.
Tik fuels domestic violence in small town SA – documentary premiere
As the market for Tik in Cape Town becomes saturated, dealers have started to peddle their wares in surrounding smaller towns – fuelling a spike in addictions and violence.
Staff shortages fuelling prison violence
A shift in Johannesburg’s “Sun City” prison may stack just two warders against up to 1,400 inmates, according to a new report that argues staff shortages are fuelling prison violence.
Cutting the cost to conceive
For couples who can’t conceive naturally, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can cost ten of thousands of rands but that may be changing.
Report: South African Child Gauge 2014
This year's annual report by the University of Cape Town's Children's Institute focuses on the impact of violence on South Africa's children.