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Higher education: The sexual assault scourge on South A

weekly newspaper. Lebogang Masinga, a student at Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Tygerberg Medical Campus, has a good chance of bumping into her sexual offender on campus. In July 2020 a final-year medical sciences student physically and sexually assaulted her, grabbing her inappropriately several times despite her telling him to stop. Masinga was left with a black eye. Later she posted an Instagram video. “It took about 48 hours to get the university to respond and that’s only because the students protested,” Masinga says. SU spokesperson Martin Viljoen says it may be that some feel the pace of interventions are not quick enough but various factors could influence such a perception, including that gender-based violence (GBV) is a larger societal problem and that the university is facing many other challenges. A number of interventions are currently under way at SU, he says, namely, the establishment of an Anti-GBV Steering Committee, a Faculty of Medicine and Health

Asheville reparations truth telling to start in spring

ASHEVILLE - The city s nationally recognized initiative to repair more than a century of harm done by slavery and discrimination will begin in earnest this spring with a first phase dedicated to truth telling, according to a timeline laid out by City Manager Debra Campbell The first phase of Asheville s reparations initiative, one of three planned by Campbell, is integral to the process, Vice Mayor Sheneika Smith said March 3. Smith urged patience and grace by community members who have called for a quicker start. I believe a lot of community members are self-performing because they feel that we have taken so long to come up with a process,  Smith, one of three Black City Council members, said a week after Campbell set the timeline.

State of the City: Ambrosino sees the City ready to turn a corner – Chelsea Record

City Manager Tom Ambrosino delivered his annual State of the City address to the Council on Monday night, going through the lows of 2020 while identifying the pitfalls coming in 2021, but also noting that he is more optimistic at the moment than he has been over the last year. “It’s been the hardest on me in my 30 years of public service, and it’s probably been the hardest on this City in its history,” he said. “However, I have to say for the last few months I actually feel a sense of optimism – optimism ground in the belief that despite a still-raging pandemic and despite continued economic turmoil and notwithstanding unresolved racial injustice, we do seem poised as a City and a nation to turn a corner. The vaccines are here, and though distribution is frustratingly slow, it is here.

Rep Diego Hernandez Tells OPB He Will Resign Rather than Face Feb 23 Expulsion Vote

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Rep. Diego Hernandez Tells OPB He Will Resign Rather Than Face Feb. 23 Expulsion Vote His decision comes after a federal judge on Feb. 20 rejected his bid to block the vote. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 21 State Rep. Diego Hernandez told Oregon Public Broadcasting on Sunday night that he would resign rather than face a Feb. 23 vote on whether to expel him from the Oregon House. Today I tendered my resignation so my colleagues may focus on serving Oregonians and so I can move forward with my life and focus on my health and family, Hernandez told OPB on Sunday evening.

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