South Africa’s women continue to live under the shadow of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide at levels likened to war zones, despite government promises and community interventions aimed at ...

The South African government’s delayed release of the 2025/26 first and second-quarter crime statistics has triggered a wave of public outcry, with opposition parties and civil society organisations ...

At the command of a female instructor, a line of girls and women, some wearing pink ear protectors, shoot five rounds at a ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains shockingly pervasive across South Africa, according to a new report. Despite the country’s robust legal framework and policies aimed at tackling GBV, the practice ...