PRETORIA, South Africa. (AP) — A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an ...

Nearly half of all rapes reported in South Africa during the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year took place in the ...

A South African official on Thursday pledged the government's commitment to tackling the online abuse against women, as digital platforms see a rise in threats, harassment, cyberstalking, and the ...

South Africa has classified violence against women a national disaster following an online campaign culminating in countrywide protests on Friday. Women were urged to "withdraw from the economy for ...

A new campaign launched in South Africa is taking aim at the growing wave of online misogyny and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (tfGBV), and challenges young men to rethink what success, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa cannot win the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) unless men take responsibility for ending the crisis, warning that the country’s silence and ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the ...

In early 2025, researchers tracking African elections uncovered a wave of AI-generated deepfake videos targeting women journalists and female candidates in Ghana, Senegal, and Namibia — synthetic ...

The Status of Boys in South Africa Report reveals alarming truths about the mental health challenges faced by young males, urging society to confront harmful norms and advocate for emotional ...

Millions of women and girls remain without adequate legal protection due to the failure of African governments to enact and effectively enforce national laws and regional agreements, Equality Now ( ...

A public call at the G20 Social Summit in Ekurhuleni this week for gender-based violence and femicide to be declared a national disaster has set the tone for a national shutdown on Friday, where women ...