This article examines female circumcision from an African perspective. It relies on the conception of human rights as laid down in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights as the standard against which to evaluate female circumcision.
This essay discusses problems with South African Police (SAP) training for dealing with issues of rape. It addresses SAP basic training, a specialised ad-hoc SAP course on rape, as well the opportunities for new programmes.
In this paper an attempt is made to develop a clearer understanding of the 'necklace' form of burning which has evolved in South Africa. Three areas of exploration are suggested. Firstly, traditional Bantu ideas of punishment, witchcraft and fire are discussed in relation to the practice of necklacing. In the second area of research, possible explanations are examined for the resurgence of the practice of burning which had virtually disappeared this century. This leads into the third area, where the necklacing act, which includes the preparations, is analysed as a ritual.
This paper addresses the issue of violence against women and children in South African townships. It argues that the problems of domestic violence and the brutalisation of women and children cannot, except at very grave risk, be relegated to a structural problem within the environment of the homestead. It is intimately related to levels of violence in our society more generally – a society grappling with the legacy of apartheid and the fear-instilling process of socio-political transformation.
This paper examines the high incidence of rape in South Africa. The focus of the paper is on the phenomenon of gang rape, which in many ways crystallises the power issue which is at the nexus of rape.
This paper seeks to analyze the J v M Ltd case and follow on with an analysis of sexual harassment in South Africa. It focuses on the provisions contained within the Labour Relations Act.