Two men were arrested in Limpopo after a 14-year-old girl’s father discovered evidence on her cellphone suggesting she had sexual relationships with adults. The arrests were...
Religious authority can inspire and sustain communities. But when it goes unchecked, the CRL Rights Commission says faith is being used to justify extreme physical, medical...
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has raised alarm after police revealed that more than half of reported statutory rape cases were withdrawn between 2020/21 and 2024/25,...
Limpopo police have opened intensive investigations into two separate sexual assault cases one involving the rape of an 88-year-old woman in Namakgale and another alleging the...
The Gauteng Department of Health has admitted it does not routinely screen staff against key child protection registers, leaving tens of thousands of health workers who...
A community shows up and refuses to stay silent There was a heavy, emotional atmosphere outside the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court this week, not the usual quiet...
A 38-year-old man from Magatle in Limpopo has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Thabamoopo Regional Court for the rape of his 13-year-old stepdaughter. The name of...
The Healer Who Betrayed: Sangoma Jailed for 25 Years for Raping Child There is a sacred trust placed upon traditional healers in South Africa. They are...
A 43-year-old man is expected to appear in the Gilead Periodical Court on Monday, charged with the repeated rape of his 15-year-old stepdaughter. The arrest, carried...
The Mpumalanga community is being called upon to help find a missing 14-year-old girl whose disappearance has left her family in anguish. Promise Thembelihle Mthombothi was last seen...