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‘No boy is born an abuser. It’s simply not in the DNA of a man to harm a woman or child. Something has to go horribly wrong in a boy’s journey to adulthood for him to become abusive. ’ - Craig Wilkinson of Father A Nation.
Both physical and sexual violence were higher among women who were cohabiting with a partner but not married.
The Human Sciences Resource Council’s (HSRC) last week revealed that in 2022 over a third of South African women were abused or faced physical violence, is a national disgrace and scandal pointing to a severe lack of action by government to protect South Africans from this heinous crime.
Join the global movement during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, as we confront the alarming statistics and systemic failures that perpetuate violence against women in South Africa
eThekwini Municipality is embroiled in a legal dispute with Deputy City Manager Kim Makhathini, who allegedly misrepresented her qualifications to secure her position, as revealed by a CIIU investigation
Despite this, survey findings show that WC has a lower HIV prevalence compared to other provinces.
According to the recent study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has disclosed that people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Kwa-Zulu Natal has declined from 1. 99 million in 2017 to 1. 98 million in 2022, but, the province remains the second highest with HIV prevalence nationwide.
The garden, designed by Joe West of Nandagram Ecovillage, is space-efficient and can produce a high yield of 2 700 to 3 600 plant units per growing cycle.
Durban has become a place of pain for the homeless as many suffer from trench foot, a skin condition that thrives when feet are left wet over a period of time
South Africa must accelerate its climate action efforts, as highlighted in the latest Presidential Climate Commission report. The nation’s commitment is strong, but significant barriers hinder progress.
OPINION: In South Africa, no statutory requirements are in place for the polling bodies to be accredited or registered to a professional body or adhere to a code of conduct, writes Prof. Dirk Kotzé.
Studies have sought to understand the cause and addressing it
Since the historic 1994 national election that marked the end of apartheid, South Africa has witnessed a steady decline in voter turnout.
South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with youth unemployment and youth vulnerabilities a significantly worrying phenomenon for all South Africans.
The gross domestic expenditure on research and development (Gerd) in South Africa has gone up in real terms for the first time in four years, driven strongly by an increase in expenditure by the business sector, according to the National Survey of Research and Experimental Development by HSRC.
AHF South Africa has continued to implement programmes in EC and KZN, indicating there is more work to be done in other rural provinces, such as Mpumalanga.
The research revealed that overall in South Africa, 80% of youth distrusted the national government, 77% distrusted the provincial government and 76% expressed their distrust in political parties.
HIV prevalence also varied geographically, ranging from 8% in the Western Cape Province to 22% in KwaZulu-Natal Province.
The 32-year-old man, Ntembeko Myalo, appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court facing an attempted murder charge.
The report warned that without decisive policy decisions and strategic actions, continued youth unemployment threatened the social and political stability of South Africa.
South Africa’s economic dominance in the region and its long, porous border are some of the main reasons the country has over the years become a “paradise for traffickers”.
The meeting is at the request of Mapisa-Nqakula and Masondo after Zondo, who headed the Zondo Commission into state capture, told the Human Sciences Research Council’s colloquium that Parliament will not prevent the repeat of the state capture.
New study goes ‘beyond anything ever written in its exploration of the various forms of trafficking’.
The upcoming 2024 elections have prompted citizens to deeply analyse the state of the nation … this initiative by ActionSA is especially pertinent due to the rapid drop in the youth demographic voting rate during the last elections
Zondo says Parliament did not stop State Capture when it could have done so.