Six life sentences and an additional 129 years imprisonment was meted out to a Nigerian national for human trafficking and related charges after he kept three young girls hostage to work as sex slaves. Judge Natvarlil Ranchod, sitting in the…
Bob Hewitt will remain in prison in Port Elizabeth after the Minster of Justice and Correctional Services ordered a review of the convicted paedophile’s parole. by James Richardson Image by Ichigo121212 from Pixabay Just three days after Correctional Services announced that convicted paedophile Bob Hewitt would…
Wednesday 18 September 2019 – 10:13am JOHANNESBURG – The Constitutional Court has ruled that it is illegal for parents to smack their children in their homes. The court has upheld the South Gauteng High Court’s 2017 ruling against corporal punishment in…
Local police launched a formal investigation into the girl’s death almost a week later, following outrage from parents and Kenyan lawmakers. Tamerra Griffin A high school student in Kenya killed herself last week after her teacher shamed her for bleeding…
By Sharika Regchand A 21-year-old man who allegedly raped a boy at a mosque in Copesville was on Monday granted bail of R1 000 by the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court. The man, who can’t be named because he has not yet…
BY NOMAHLUBI JORDAAN WARNING: Not for sensitive readers Shocking details of how Nicholas Ninow raped a seven-year-old girl at a Dros restaurant in Silverton emerged on Monday when he pleaded guilty in the Pretoria high court. Ninow, 21, disclosed what he…
Sara Roebuck When you are raped the authority to make decisions for yourself is removed. Your attacker reduces you to an object to be devoured, a thing discarded in an alley, a body to be left in a nightclub stockroom,…
Hell is empty And all the devils are here. Shakespeare’s famous line from The Tempest comes to mind as South Africa reels from another epidemic of violence by men against women. The most recent spate of killings and rape has…
“Hien” grew up in a mountainous region in northern Vietnam. It’s a 7 hour motorbike ride from the nearest city to reach her house: a bamboo hut on stilts. The hut is basic. This is where Hien, her husband and…
By Corinne Redfern Sex work is legal in Bangladesh. So is child marriage. Now in an exclusive investigation, The Telegraph can reveal the two have become intrinsically linked There’s a circular bruise blossoming on the right hand side of 19-year-old Rupa Begum’s…
Brian Sokutu Gender-based violence has reached crisis proportions, and ‘reactive slogans and media responses’ won’t fix it, an expert says. At least three women die at the hands of their partners daily, according to the latest statistics – showing gender-based…
President Cyril Ramaphosa was heckled when addressing protesters against gender-based violence outside Parliament. President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses protesters against gender-based violence outside of Parliament on 5 September 2019. He was accompanied by Minister of Human Settlements Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe…
ZELDA VENTER Pretoria – Tears ran down the faces of the Mooinooi couple while they were being gan-graped, minutes before they were both hung by their necks from a hook in the ceiling of a garden shed. This was the…
James Hockaday A study shows 64 per cent of teenage girls have experienced relationship abuse, but many were not aware of it (Picture: Getty Images/Love Respect/Women’s Aid) Women’s Aid has launched a website to help teenage girls after a study…
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2 September marks the first day of National Book Week in South Africa. Here is how reading can improve your child’s education and knowledge. It goes without saying that reading plays a huge impact on your child’s development as they…
Kelsey Straeter All too often, people assume that human trafficking is a third-world problem—but disturbingly, one of the most privileged countries in the planet is also one of the most prevalent for this heinous crime. According to the State Department’s 2019…
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FALLEN R&B star R Kelly has made a desperate plea to be let out of his solitary prison cell, even if it means sharing a room with killers and paedophiles. The singer is making a plea to a federal judge…