On the eve of South Africa’s Freedom Day, Action Society is disturbed and disgusted following the attack of 19 women who were forced to strip naked and perform sexual acts on two men in a Khayelitsha church. The incident occurred at the Blessings Zion Church over the Easter weekend. Action
“It is a good day when a child sex abuse ringleader is found guilty, and a murderous woman-beater receives a harsh sentence on one day,” said Ian Cameron, Community Safety Director at Action Society. Action Society welcomes the court finding the child sex abuse kingpin Gerhard Ackerman guilty of hundreds
A week short from 200 days since the murder of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo, a trial date has finally been set, starting on 31 August 2023 in the Benoni High Court. Bokgabo went missing on 10 October 2022, and parts of her mutilated body were found in two places the next
Establishing yet another council to fight gender-based violence (GBV) will be nothing more than a wasteful expenditure of money that could have been applied somewhere it would really make a difference. The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has invited the public to comment on the National
The security company G4S, responsible for letting convicted murderer, rapist and fraudster Thabo Bester escape, should pay the R1,4 million it took to fly him back into South Africa. According to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, the delegation tasked to bring back Bester and his accomplice Dr Nandipha Magudumana from
Action Society launched a campaign to change the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into a truly independent Chapter 9 institution, like the Public Protector. Even though IPID is South Africa’s police watchdog mandated to investigate any misconduct or criminal activity committed by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS)
Emmanual Deshaine Clifton Manuel, a member of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police (EMPD), will spend the next five years behind bars for kidnapping and seriously assaulting Camillia Beyers in December 2020 in Palm Ridge, Katlehong. After drunkenly beating and accusing Camillia of having an affair, Manuel threw her in his car
By Kaylynn Palm Imagine being hit and kicked by an officer of the law – the very person whose duty is to protect you as a South African citizen. That happened to 18-year-old Le-Keisha Visser in Klapmuts in the Western Cape. A Klapmuts policeman allegedly assaulted her on 1 January
Over the past few weeks, the Action Society team has been attending and supporting court cases relating to gender-based violence and murder in the Western Cape. Here’s a wrap of some court cases in the last weeks. Mandalay woman found dead under man’s bed On 23 March, the Action
At the request of the station commander of SAPS Ekangala (near Bronkhorstspruit) in Gauteng, Action Society will now assist the community in its fight to curb rising numbers of gender-based violence. Lt. Col Bergh, the new station commander, specifically asked Action Society to educate the community on issues around GBV.
Action Society acts in the interest of the public through active advocacy for policy change. We work within the community to fight for a reformed justice system, holding government accountable for failing to protect South African citizens.
