Action Society is extremely disappointed at the sentence handed down against 18-year-old murderer Xolani Du Preez, who brutally killed make-up artist Suritha Alting in November 2022. The 28-year-old was attacked while returning home from a restaurant in Richwood, Cape Town, where Du Preez robbed and stabbed her 16 times. Action
Action Society welcomed the murder charge against Werner de Jager, more than two years after the murder of his wife Liezel, but lamented the time it took to get to this point. Werner showed no emotion and no remorse as he appeared in the Amanzimtoti Magistrates Court today. He said
Justice for victims of violence against women and children continues to be painfully slow. Action Society supported two minor victims at court this past week – one, the 16-year-old victim of a stalker, and the other, a 13-year-old who a family member raped. We also supported the families of two
The person suspected of strangling and killing reverend Liezel de Jager on 13 October 2021 was traced and arrested by a team from the National Cold Case Investigation Unit under the Command and Control of Brigadier Gininda in the early hours of 23 November 2023 in Bloemfontein, more than two
Action Society supported five victims of murder and sexual violence in court last week in our continued fight against the abuse of women and children. Cleo Diko: Murdered, stuffed under a bed with a rope around her neck(14 November; Mitchells Plain Court) Cleo Diko’s decomposed body was found hidden underneath
There is only one way to describe the second quarter of this year’s crime statistics: A bloodbath. And while Cele and his management seems content with 27 000 people dying in the slaughter house our country has become, it is ordinary South Africans who continue to fight for safer communities.
The man who repeatedly beat and assaulted Janelle Laattoe and two other women over the course of three years, appeared before the Blue Downs Magistrates Court in Cape Town on Wednesday, where the case was postponed to 22 January 2024 for plea and trial. He was charged in 2019 but
Action Society has thrown its weight behind efforts to ensure that Stephan Pretorius is denied bail. The monster from Pretoria North set his wife, 42-year-old Charlene Pretorius, alight in front of their teenage daughter on 27 May this year. He watched her burn before fleeing the scene while his parents
The Action Society team supported 21 victims of sexual assault and rape and the families of two murder victims in court this week. MURDERED: CLEO DIKO(3 November 2023, Mitchell’s Plain Magistrates Court) The Mithcell’s Plain Magistrates Court postponed the case against Sandile Jegwa, the 38-year-old man accused of murdering 34-year-old
On a sunny day in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, the heartbroken parents of Lekeasha Marthinus sit in their house where pictures and news articles are stuck against the cupboards and walls, playing with their busy little grandchild. It has been a year since Lekeasha was taken from their and her son’s
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.
