South Africa recorded 50,511 GBVF cases in 2025–26; 30,736 led to arrests or NPA referral, leaving 19,775 unrecorded as resulting in arrests or referrals.
A 43-year-old Durban mother was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend at Cornubia eight days after the National GBVF Council was appointed. Verulam SAPS is investigating.
(IMAGE IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES) More than 20,000 suspects have been arrested across South Africa during the latest round of high-density SHANELA II operations, with police...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says GBVF funding options will be considered in the MTBPS after the ANC Women’s League delivered a memorandum calling for dedicated resources.
The ANC Women’s League handed a memorandum to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwane demanding a seven-day plan for funding to tackle gender-based violence and femicide.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has secured leave to appeal the acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso, reopening a high-profile case that ended in April 2025....
Inside SAPS’ Festive Crackdown: Nearly 19,000 Arrests in Just One Week As South Africans hit the roads, malls and taverns in December, police have been moving...
Just Not Enough: Why the GBVF Disaster Declaration Falls Short South Africa has long grappled with a relentless gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) crisis. Recently, the...
South Africa Finally Declares GBVF a National Disaster, But Women Ask: What Took So Long? South Africa has taken one of its most dramatic steps yet...
Johannesburg woke up on Friday to a powerful wave of collective grief, anger and determination as more organisations joined Women for Change’s national shutdown in honour...