The following report is a study with the purpose of surveying the rules of customary law in order to identify those which may protect women from domestic violence and those which could increase women's vulnerability or limit their ability to…
This study explores the fears and experiences of violence among homeless women living in inner city Johannesburg (2004). It forms part of a larger investigation initiated by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) which explored the…
Health and Hope in our hands is an extremely valuable tool, providing very practical and valuable advice on how to address HIV and AIDS treatment, care and support in the aftermath of rape and in the context of abusive partner…
On June 15 1994, the senior specialised auxillary service officer wrote: "I am in the service of the Transvaal Provincial Administration and employed as a senior mortuary officer at the mortuary of the Baragwaneth Hospital of Johannesburg. "On 1996/06/11 at…
Statistics, in and of themselves make for boring conversation and dull reading. Yet they leap to volatile political life when used to make arguments about race and violence, sex and death – as the angry exchanges between President Thabo Mbeki,…
This policy brief reports on the findings of the first national homicide study. It is fundamentally retrospective, with data collected on female homicides of women aged 14 and over in South Africa in 1999. Data was collected from a national…