South African women call purple protest over gender violence

South African women's rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be ...

South African women arming themselves against gender violence

A growing number of women in South Africa are learning to use guns to protect themselves against gender-based violence.

People Are Turning Their Profile Pictures Purple To Protest Gender-Based Violence

Across social media, the movement has gathered momentum well beyond South Africa’s borders. Celebrities like DJ Zinhle, ...
Daily Maverick

Social media lawyer Emma Sadleir exposes South Africa’s digital GBV crisis

As women across South Africa prepare to down tools to highlight gender-based violence this Friday, social media lawyer Emma ...
htxt

South Africa’s G20 Women’s Shutdown: what you need to know

The G20 Women's Shutdown is set to take place on 21st November. Here's what you should know, how it started and what is taking place.
TimesLIVE

Scale of violence against women laid bare as Safety 2026 urges global action

The World Health Organisation’s latest estimates on violence against women have delivered a stark warning: violence remains ...
Bizcommunity

RCS Violence Survey finds rise of tech-facilitated GBV in South Africa

The most recent RCS Violence Survey, developed in partnership with BNP Paribas and the Whitaker Peace and Development ...
Algoa FM

Ramaphosa says SA to recognise GBV as a national crisis

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development, Bridget Masango, has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ...
The Hamilton Spectator

Crowds demonstrate against gender-based violence in South Africa after alleged rape of 7-year-old

PRETORIA, South Africa. (AP) — A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an ...
Toronto Star

Looting and violence spread in South Africa’s major cities

JOHANNESBURG - Looting and violence spread across several neighbourhoods in South Africa’s major cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg on Monday, after a spate of overnight attacks that appeared to ...
CMAJ

Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men

Background: Despite high rates of intimate partner violence in South Africa, there have been no national studies of men's perpetration of violence against female partners. Methods: We analyzed data ...