Premier Oscar Mabuyane has been heavily criticised by gender-based violence activists after he donned lipstick and, in an extraordinary analogy, compared men to pit bull terriers at a high-profile event meant to tackle the scourge.
The number of cases of sexualized violence and femicide in Africa has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will those in power finally grow aware of the extent of the problem?
Violence against women is on the increase and driven by the internet and social media is becoming normalised in societies across the world. Masimanyane Women’s Rights International founder and director Lesley Ann Foster made the comments during a breakaway from a strategy session of the International Network to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
Since 2019 more than 1,400 people in the Eastern Cape have fallen prey to kidnappers, with more than 200 of them children. Nearly 20 of the victims ended up dead; 179 were raped. These shocking figures were in a report presented by transport, community safety & liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe to the Bhisho legislature.