Celebrity campaigns and rape culture: the pluses and the pitfalls: An activist during Jacob Zuma's rape trial in 2006. He was acquitted and went on to become South Africa's president. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoThe collective outcry from women on social media, using the #Metoo campaign, to indicate that each of them has been a victim of sexual harassment, has gripped the … [Read more...] about Celebrity campaigns and rape culture: the pluses and the pitfalls | The Conversation
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Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma’s rape trial has finally hit home | The Conversation
Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma's rape trial has finally hit home: Supporters of President Jacob Zuma in full cry outside the court during his 2006 rape trial. EPAIn 2007, barely a year after the man who went on to become South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, was acquitted on a charge of raping a young woman called “Khwezi” (the name given to Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo … [Read more...] about Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma’s rape trial has finally hit home | The Conversation
Pathologist ‘too busy’ to conduct rape kit exam on slain Soweto girls
Pathologist ‘too busy’ to conduct rape kit exam on slain Soweto girls: Pathologist ‘too busy’ to conduct rape kit exam on slain Soweto girls: The pathologist in the case of murdered friends Popi Qwabe and Bongeka Phungula did not conduct a rape kit exam because he was busy, the Protea Magistrate’s Court has heard. ‘It was like a war’ – woman … [Read more...] about Pathologist ‘too busy’ to conduct rape kit exam on slain Soweto girls
SA News: SA Pupils ‘due In Court Over Filmed Rape’
SA Pupils ‘due In Court Over Filmed Rape’: Four 14-year-old school boys are expected to appear in a children’s Court in South Africa over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, public broadcaster SABC reports. One of the suspects apparently filmed the incident – at a school in Bloemfontein ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Dolly urges SA players to play abroad: The … [Read more...] about SA News: SA Pupils ‘due In Court Over Filmed Rape’
.com | Suspects’ DNA doesn’t match in rape and murder of Khayelitsha girl,4
.com | Suspects' DNA doesn't match in rape and murder of Khayelitsha girl,4: Iyapha Yamile, 4, went missing in Khayelitsha last month. Her little body was found in a plastic bag. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News ANC, foundations saddened by Namibian struggle icon's passing: The ANC and the Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada Foundations have offered their … [Read more...] about .com | Suspects’ DNA doesn’t match in rape and murder of Khayelitsha girl,4
