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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law, legislation aimed at strengthening efforts to end gender-based violence, with a victim-centred focus on combating such criminal acts, and to make…

Deputy President David Mabuza has called on South Africans to wear a black armband, a ribbon, or any sign that signifies an act of mourning in order to…

The National Gender-based Violence Command Call Centre has referred more than 320 GBV cases to the Western Cape Social Development Department in the five months since lockdown started.

The 35-year-old man accused of dousing his girlfriend with paraffin and setting her alight in Emalahleni, in Mpumalanga, has been denied bail in the local magistrate’s court.

The community of Hartswater in the Northern Cape is expected to protest outside the Hartswater Magistrate’s Court on Monday where a murder suspect will apply for bail.

JOHANNESBURG - The family of Tshegofatso Pule is bracing themselves to hear the painful details of her gruesome death after the arrest of a 31-year-old suspect.

PRETORIA - The man accused of murdering Evelyn de Kock, 42, in Eersterust appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The World Health Organisation says there has been an increase in cases of gender-based violence across the world as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues.

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