Definitions of consent, rape in Sexual Offences Act face legal scrutiny iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2023 - CALS to challenge definition of sexual offences wits.ac.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wits.ac.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 2018, a regional court in the Eastern Cape found Loyiso Coko guilty of raping his girlfriend after she refused to have sex with him but was overturned in 2021 by the High Court, which ruled that the State didn t prove beyond reasonable doubt that he acted intentionally knowing that there was no consent .
2023 - Challenging consent as an element of sexual offences wits.ac.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wits.ac.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Embrace Project, a non-profit organisation, has launched an application in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria challenging the "problematic" definitions of consent and rape in the Sexual Offences Act.