This is according to independent fact-check organisation, Africa Check, who have disproved the myth around activated charcoal. It follows advice - seen on social media, that women carry the substance with them to counteract the effects of any date rape drugs.
"He lost because he had an unwinnable case. He had exploited and taken advantage of a trust that had been placed on him by a friend and raped this young woman," said gender activist and researcher - Lisa Vetten.
Human settlements minister and chair of the African National Congress (ANC)’s subcommittee on social transformation Lindiwe Sisulu has again called for chemical castration of offenders.
Since 2020, Police Minister Bheki Cele has paraded the establishment of gender-based violence (GBV) desks at every police station as an important lever in the police's fight against GBV and femicide but closer scrutiny of public announcements and briefings to Parliament show the police are falling short on their promises, writes the Womxn and Democracy Initiative's Lenina Rassool.