rape

  1. LazyLion

    East Rand Trio Held for Robbing Cyclists

    Three men believed to have been behind a string of robberies of East Rand cyclists were arrested on Tuesday, Gauteng police said. They were also charged with rape. They were arrested at the Sethokga hostel in Tembisa, spokesman Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said. In one case three men attack a...
  3. LazyLion

    KZN Rapists Jailed

    The Pietermaritzburg High Court has handed life sentences to two men found guilty of rape, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday. Captain Thulani Zwane said the men were sentenced on Monday after they were convicted of a rape and robbery in Maphumulo in August 2010. "Siyabonga Mathebula...
  4. LazyLion

    Northern Cape Man Jailed for Rape, Murder

    A 29-year-old man was sentenced to two life terms in jail for murder and rape by the Richmond Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape, the NPA said on Wednesday. National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesman Phaladi Shuping said James Matroos of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape was...
  5. LazyLion

    ANC Councillor Arrested over Rape

    An ANC councillor was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl, North West police said. Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said the girl and her friend were walking back from a sports ground on Saturday when the 45-year-old councillor gave them a lift. He allegedly said he...
  6. LazyLion

    Date Set for Child Murder Trial

    Three men appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Friday in connection with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a six-year-old girl. Judge Robert Henney ruled that their trial would start on May 20 and that they would remain in custody until then. Asemahle Ntsabo was playing with...
  7. LazyLion

    Rape Victims Say US Military Justice System has Failed Them

    Former US troops who were raped during their time in uniform recounted their traumatic experiences at a Senate hearing and demanded changes to the military's justice system. Four victims, three women and a man, told lawmakers Wednesday in poignant testimony how they had been sexually...
  8. LazyLion

    Sex Crimes: Magistrates to be trained in New Laws

    At least 200 magistrates will undergo a two-day training workshop on the Sexual Offences Act and the Child Justice Act, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said on Wednesday. "The aim of the workshop is to further enhance the skills of regional court magistrates who, in their daily work as judicial...
  9. LazyLion

    T Shirt Company Apologises for 'Keep Calm and Rape' T-Shirts

    A T-shirt company has issued an apology for advertising tops with slogans such as "Keep Calm and Rape A Lot" and "Keep Calm and Kill Her", with its founder saying Wednesday the firm may go under. Solid Gold Bomb said the offensive lines were created via an automated computer process which...
  10. LazyLion

    News Stories About Rape

    Just too many of these to make individual threads for all of them, so I'm just going to put them all in this thread. :(
  11. LazyLion

    Knysna Child Rape Case Postponed

    Adrian Wilson-Forbes Knysna Child Rape Case The trial of a Knysna businessman facing 79 charges, including statutory rape, was postponed by the Thembalethu Magistrate's Court, in George, on Wednesday. Adrian Wilson-Forbes, 60, will appear again on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty to charges...
  12. LazyLion

    Child Sex Scandal: Three get Bail

    Three of the five people accused of selling a young girl for sex in Cape Town have been granted bail, it was reported on Friday. The Daily Voice reported that the Cape Town Magistrate's Court released Marantha Lotrict, 28, Evelina Fortuin, 30, and Denise Muller, 33, on R500 bail each. The...
  13. LazyLion

    COSATU to March Against Rape

    Cosatu will march against rape on Friday, said its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. "We need to do far more to combat the shocking level of rape, assault and murder of women and children," Vavi said on Thursday. He said the rape and murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen in Bredasdorp, had...
  14. LazyLion

    Cabinet Worried About Gender Violence

    Cabinet is concerned about the recent spike in rape and the brutalisation of women and children, acting government spokeswoman Phumla Williams said on Thursday. The executive had urged South Africans from all walks of life, young and old, to support the government's work in turning the tide...
  15. LazyLion

    No One Should be Raped in South Africa: Zuma

    Woman and children should not have to face violence or rape anywhere in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "No woman or child should be beaten, raped, stabbed, shot or attacked in any manner anywhere in our country, whether by known or unknown attackers," he said in a speech...
  16. LazyLion

    Prophet Arrested for Rape in Soweto

    A 47-year-old prophet and his wife have been arrested in connection with rape of a woman in Zondi, Soweto, Gauteng police said on Wednesday. Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said they were arrested on Tuesday, after a woman told the police she had consulted the prophet, and he had told her that...
  17. mercurial

    President Zuma To Attend The Launch Of The Anti Rape Campaign In Mitchells Plain

    President Zuma To Attend The Launch Of The Anti Rape Campaign In Mitchells Plain President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday, 28 February 2013, lead the launch of the Stop Rape in Schools Campaign run by the Department of Basic Education, in partnership with LEAD SA. The Department of Basic...
  18. LazyLion

    Elderly Woman Raped in Eastern Cape

    A 73-year-old woman has been raped at Gawu in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. Major Zamukulungisa Jozana said the woman was raped on Sunday night. "The victim was sleeping alone in her room when she noticed that there was an unknown man sitting on her bed." The man raped...
  19. LazyLion

    Strict Control in Western Cape Court for Alleged Killers

    Access control was strict in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning ahead of the appearance of Anene Booysen's alleged killers. Select family members were allowed in beforehand and filled up the four wooden benches. About three media houses and their photographers were let...
  20. LazyLion

    Woman raped at police station

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/woman-raped-at-police-station-1.1474847#.USZv0meZZ8E Sounds terrible, and probably very likely, but in the absence of any other witnesses, the only thing the state has to go on is DNA evidence. I wonder if she went to get the evidence taken. Otherwise...
  21. R13...

    Topless Ukrainians demonstrate in Louvre over Tunisian rape case

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