The cases Action Society attended this week highlights the violence women and children in South Africa constantly face. Action Society supported the victims and families of violent rape and murder at court. Thimna Kuze, an innocent 13-year-old Khayelitsha girl, was sleeping over at a friend’s house in March this year
The 16-year-old victim of a relentless stabber will remain safe while her attacker stays behind bars without bail until the case resumes on 24 October 2023, following another postponement today. The teenager was nearly stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in July this year. Action Society supported the victim and
Action Society supported 21 victims of rape and murder and their families at three different courts this past week. A mother of three had her throat slit and another, a minor, was raped by a family member. The most shocking is the 19 women that that were sexually assaulted and
“Real men don’t hurt or kill the women and children in their lives. Real men love and protect them. If you are an abuser, you sow trauma into your relationships and you treat women like trash. That makes you trauma trash. Aaliyah Chingy’s killer is not a man. He is
By Kaylynn Palm Weeks have passed and a Langa toddler is still recovering – after he was burnt with boiled water allegedly by angry woman for playing with a gate. Last month, a 4-year-old boy was playing with his friends when a 22-year-old woman came out of her house
Action Society has been mandated by the family of a Langa toddler who was burnt with boiled water by a woman for playing with a gate. Last month, the 4-year-old boy was playing with his friends when the woman came out of her house and threw hot water at him,
The Strand Stabber, Charles Appolis, accused of stabbing his girlfriend Nadia Lotz in the neck and slitting her throat, was out on bail along with his brother, for stabbing another victim in the neck only months before. Had bail been denied, Nadia would still be alive today. Action Society supported
Friday, 11 November 2022: Khayelitsha man murders girlfriend with screwdriver Nosiphiwo James (29) was allegedly killed by her boyfriend with a screwdriver in Taiwan in Khayelitsha on 8 May, Mother’s Day. She was murdered on the same day and in the same area where six people were gunned down. The
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.
