ArticlesMediaGender-based Violence, InequalitiesPolitical Focus And Patriarchal Power Balance Often Override Victim Redress In Sexual Harassment Cases In WorkplaceLet’s be clear, sexual harassment, whether physical or verbal, is an unwanted act that violates a person’s dignity. When such an allegation is made, the focus of attention should be on the victim, and their account of events should be taken seriously, as no person will bring unwarranted attention to themselves by claiming the title of a victim of sexual… Read More CSVRSeptember 12, 2022
ArticlesMediaCrime Prevention, Criminal Justice, Gangs, Violence in IndustryGun Killings On The Rise – What Is The Police Strategy? Asks Gun Free SAAbout 40% of the 6 424 murders between April and June this year were gun-related, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced when he released crime statistics. Cele said it was shown that firearms were three times more likely than other weapons to be the weapon of choice in the reported murders, as 2 766 people were shot to death. “The expansion… Read More CSVRAugust 30, 2022
ArticlesMediaCorporate Accountability, Inequalities, Memory and MemorialisationCorporate Remedy And Accountability A Decade After The Marikana MassacreToday, 16 August 2022, marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest episodes of violence in South Africa since the end of the Apartheid in 1994: the Marikana Massacre. In the early days of August 2012, workers of Lonmin Plc, a platinum mining company, staged an unprotected strike to demand a salary increase and protest against their poor living… Read More Hugo van der MerweAugust 19, 2022
ArticlesGender-based Violence, InequalitiesWomen's Month: A Stark Reminder Of How Far We Still Have To Go In Ensuring Women's Safety And Security In South AfricaThis year, the commemoration of womxn’s month brings about a bag of mixed feelings. Some strides have been made towards protecting and safeguarding womxn’s rights, security and bodily integrity, however, the reality on the ground is proof that these safeguards are yet to become a practical reality for womxn in South Africa. Two shocking incidents targeting womxn and girls preluded… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaAugust 19, 2022
ArticlesMediaGender-based Violence, InequalitiesCSVR Press Release Women's Month: Empowerment Means Addressing Foundational Problems That Undermine Women In South AfricaLip-service celebration of women in present-day South Africa, while they remain marginalized and often disenfranchised and disempowered is a disservice to the 20 000 women in their diversity, who bravely marched in unison to the State Union Buildings in Pretoria on the 9 August 1956. 66 years later South Africa has made strides towards attaining gender parity, but it still falls… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2022
ArticlesMediaDomestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based Violence, InequalitiesLocalising the National GBV Laws through Community SGBV Prevention StrategiesOur communities are the site of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and femicide. When these cases occur, it is communities that reel from such incidents and victims and perpetrators are often members of the community, with ties and roots in the community. It is therefore important that national policies and GBV laws find expression in, and resonate with,… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaJuly 15, 2022
