Port Alfred Masters football club recently spearheaded a partnership campaign with other prominent community stakeholders such as Ghetto Rise Riders, Kenton Masters football team, Ndlambe netball teams and Ndlambe FM to say ‘No to Gender…
South Africa spends less than 10% of the R157bn allocated to the criminal justice system on violence prevention, but greater investment in breaking the cycle of violence would reduce the economic impact of gender-based violence and free…
The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the…
A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the murder and assault of his girlfriend in June this year was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Elvis Malebo of Hartswater was sentenced by the Northern Cape High Court on Thursday. He murdered…
Less than five months before she was left bloody and bruised — with a crude swearword carved into her forehead — Moesha Magotha suffered a devastating blow when her mother died in a car crash. Now, the 18-year-old from Port Elizabeth, who…
A young woman is in the intensive care unit after being savagely stabbed and beaten in an attack that has shocked a small Eastern Cape farming community to its core. DispatchLIVE was provided graphic photographs of her face and body on…
Police minister Bheki Cele expressed concern about liquor outlets which violate lockdown regulations by hosting illegal gatherings and operating beyond 10pm. He said the department has also been inundated with complaints and reports about…
A centre that fights for the rights of sexually abused children, situated on the doorstep of the busy front office of a police station, was ransacked on Sunday and left with only one carton of milk — along with a note from the robbers.…
Hundreds of residents of Port Elizabeth’s northern areas lined the streets in Schauderville on Monday to show support for the family of a 26-year-old Korsten mother whose mutilated body was found lying in an open field in Thornton Street…
Hundreds of Port Elizabeth residents took to the streets on Saturday to raise awareness on issues ranging from gender based violence to farm murders and corruption within the national government. Three different events were staged across…
Civil society organisations such as People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) and Masimanyane Women’s Rights International say they have yet to receive any money from the R1.6bn fund the government established last year to combat gender-based…
Police minister Bheki Cele has urged police officers to leave no stone unturned in investigating gender-based violence cases during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. He was addressing police officers on Friday. Cele flagged the Eastern…
EFF members and other community members gathered today in Joe Slovo Street with placards and singing songs of justice for recently murdered Nwabisa “Tshetshe” Magadaza and another rape survivor. Both these incidents took in June. The EFF…
The Solidarity Fund has approved R17m in funding for initiatives that support victims of gender-based violence as part of its efforts to assist those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund, established by President Cyril Ramaphosa in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed a joint sitting yesterday between the NCOP and members of the National Assembly‚ where he told members about his emergency plan to tackle violence against women and children. These are seven key quotes…
