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Career Development Programme

Afrika Tikkun | Gauteng, Western Cape

Afrika Tikkun's Career Development Programme provides career guidance, job readiness training, job placement and bursaries for further learning. This is… Read more

Career Development Programme

Afrika Tikkun | Gauteng, Western Cape

Afrika Tikkun's Career Development Programme provides career guidance, job readiness training, job placement and bursaries for further learning. This is… Read more

Akonaho VEP Domestic Violence Awareness Campaigns

Akonaho Victim Empowerment Programme | Limpopo

The Akonaho VEP Domestic Violence Awareness Campaigns aim to raise awareness about domestic violence with the intention of prevention as… Read more

Akonaho VEP Domestic Violence Awareness Campaigns

Akonaho Victim Empowerment Programme | Limpopo

The Akonaho VEP Domestic Violence Awareness Campaigns aim to raise awareness about domestic violence with the intention of prevention as… Read more

Makukhanye Art Room Initiative

Makukhanye Art Room | Western Cape

Makukhanye (''Let be the light'') Art Room, is an award winning Shack Theatre that is based in Khayelitsha, one of… Read more

Makukhanye Art Room Initiative

Makukhanye Art Room | Western Cape

Makukhanye (''Let be the light'') Art Room, is an award winning Shack Theatre that is based in Khayelitsha, one of… Read more

Rites of Passage Programme

Usiko Stellenbosch | Western Cape

The Rites of Passage Programme provides support, guidance and rites of passage rituals that help young people who have experienced, or… Read more

Rites of Passage Programme

Usiko Stellenbosch | Western Cape

The Rites of Passage Programme provides support, guidance and rites of passage rituals that help young people who have experienced, or… Read more

Youth Safety and Religious Partnership Programme (YSRP)

Western Cape Department of Community Safety | Western Cape

The Youth Safety and Religious Partnership Programme (YSRP) is a holiday programme for youth across the Western Cape, particularly youth residing… Read more

Youth Safety and Religious Partnership Programme (YSRP)

Western Cape Department of Community Safety | Western Cape

The Youth Safety and Religious Partnership Programme (YSRP) is a holiday programme for youth across the Western Cape, particularly youth residing… Read more

Blikkiesdorp Community Outreach Project

HOPE Cape Town | Western Cape

Blikkiesdorp is a temporary relocation area near Cape Town, approximately 50km outside of the city, and is “home” to more… Read more

Blikkiesdorp Community Outreach Project

HOPE Cape Town | Western Cape

Blikkiesdorp is a temporary relocation area near Cape Town, approximately 50km outside of the city, and is “home” to more… Read more

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Services and screening for victims of violence

20 Sep 2018 | by Networking HIV and AIDS Community of Southern Africa (NACOSA)

Two separate pieces of research published by the Networking HIV and AIDS Community of Southern Africa (NACOSA) highlight the need for services and screening for victims of gender based violence as a critical part of the country’s HIV response.

Services and screening for victims of violence

20 Sep 2018 | by Networking HIV and AIDS Community of Southern Africa (NACOSA)

After women’s month, women and children are still dying

20 Sep 2018 | by Tsamme Mmammone Mfundisi

It is the end of women’s month in South Africa, and for me it still feels like being a woman in South Africa is moving from LOVE to DEATH

After women’s month, women and children are still dying

20 Sep 2018 | by Tsamme Mmammone Mfundisi

It is the end of women’s month in South Africa, and for me it still feels like being a woman in South Africa is moving from LOVE to DEATH

South Africa is at war with itself

12 Sep 2018 | by Chandre Gould | Institute for Security Studies

South African society is becoming more, not less, violent. This was confirmed by the 2017/18 crime statistics released by the South African Police Service (SAPS) yesterday. Violence affects all South Africans, with the greatest impact on people who are black and poor. Young black men have the highest chance of…

South Africa is at war with itself

12 Sep 2018 | by Chandre Gould | Institute for Security Studies

Killing of women and children sees massive increase in SAPS crime statistics

11 Sep 2018 | by Institute for Security Studies

Police, on Tuesday 11 September, reported the killing of women increased 11% in the year to end March 2018, with 20% more boys (under 18 years) murdered compared to the previous 12 months.

Killing of women and children sees massive increase in SAPS crime statistics

11 Sep 2018 | by Institute for Security Studies

Police, on Tuesday 11 September, reported the killing of women increased 11% in the year to end March 2018, with 20% more boys (under 18 years) murdered compared to the previous 12 months.