Three men arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Cape Town horse rider Meghan Cremer will appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The case against Shiraaz Jaftha, Jeremy Sias and Charles Daniels was postponed for further investigation in October last year and they have been in[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) South Africa and its Women’s Forum, in partnership with Islamic Relief, is expected to host several initiatives in response to high levels of gender-based-violence In Cape Town. It forms part of their ongoing commitment to honour the 16 Days of Activism against No Violence Against[…]
The Commission for Gender Equality said that the judgement handed down to the convicted “Dros rapist” Nicholas Ninow, is a testament that the courts are cracking down on harsher sentences for perpetrators of violence and abuse against women and children. It comes after Judge Papi Mosopam handed Ninow life imprisonment[…]
Scores of public servants will on Friday take part in a march to recommit themselves to a pledge and stand firm against gender-based violence in the country. They will converge on Church Square before marching to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The action seeks to reinforce calls for all sectors[…]
The National Shelter Movement (NSM) will host a picket outside Parliament on Wednesday to demand government priorities shelters for abused women and children, as an emergency joint session takes place inside. Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the urgent sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces[…]
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