Rape: A weapon of war
27 NOV 2009 06:00 QUDSIYA KARRIM Sexual violence is commonly used as a form of torture against women, many of whom have been silent about it. Until now. Qudsiya Karrim reports. Egloo Sibanda looks me…
Rape
DRC to SA: No escape from rape’s war
DRC to SA: No escape from rape’s war 27 APR 2016 17:00 INA SKOSANA Abused women from war-torn countries who have fled to SA for safety often face more maltreatment here. Yvette Mbayo-Ndaya stands up…
Diepsloot: Where men think it’s their right to rape
02 OCT 2015 00:00MIA MALAN Crime stats released this week reported a drop in rape cases, but experts say this is because fewer people are bothering to report rapes to the police The sun has…
UKUTHWALA
What is Ukuthwala? Ukuthwala is a form of abduction that involves kidnapping a girl or a young woman by a man and his friends or peers with the intention of compelling the girl or young…
A Rapist State’s Children: Jacob Zuma & Chumani Maxwele
by Fezokuhle Mthonti onApril 8, 2016 In Pumla Gqola’s latest book Rape: A South African Nightmare, the Wits University-based scholar asks potentially one of the most important questions ever posed in contemporary post-apartheid South…
Editorial: SA must combat this rape culture
By Editorial comment on April 20, 2016 THE publication on social media of a list of alleged rapists at Rhodes University can never be condoned. It is not permissible by law, and could potentially bring…
Protesters arrested at Rhodes University
List of alleged rapists at centre of conflict By Kayla Molander 20 April 2016 A Rhodes University staff member is pepper sprayed by a police officer after he joined a protest against rape culture….
Child rape linked to Aids myth
2001-11-15 17:27 Brendan Boyle Cape Town – South African legislators on Wednesday blamed the apparent increase in child rape and sex abuse on a belief that having sex with a virgin cures Aids. In a…
961 Child Rapes A Day In South Africa
From Fred Rundle 8-2-4 With only a population of 40,000 people in the small town of Theunissen, six children are are raped there every week. It must be made clear, all the rapes…
South Africa children ‘raped’ for AIDS cure
South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world with 144 reports of rape every day. Children are falling prey to rampant rape in South Africa over a long perception that…