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Activists and Citizens Forum (ACF) says South Africa's townships are becoming "war zones" following a series of mass shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. More than 30 people have been killed, including 18 at a tavern in Carletonville and more than 10 at a shisanyama in Lwandle. It is alleged that patrons were sitting inside and outside the tavern in Carletonville when unknown gunmen entered […]
Community members and gender-based violence activists have questioned the government's priorities, asking how millions of rand can be spent on deploying security resources during anti-illegal immigration protests while the country's GBV and femicide crisis remains under-resourced. A visibly distraught GBV activist, Sihle Sibisi, has slammed government over what she describes as a failure to show the same urgency in tackling violence against women and girls. Sibisi, from the Kwanele Foundation, […]
