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Western Cape POCS-report just the tip of the iceberg – Action Society on police inefficiencies in GBV cases Action Society calls for SAPS purge

“We aren’t shocked, in fact the reality is that the Western Cape Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety’s (POCS) Court Watching Briefs (CWB) report is just the tip of a very big iceberg. In our experience, most cases against perpetrators of violence against women and children, and specifically domestic

11th September 2023 No Comments

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Media update – Action Society will fight for justice of gang-raped woman as fourth suspect appeared in court today

The fourth suspect in the gang-rape of a deaf woman appeared before the Bishop Lavis Court today. Lily* was reportedly gang-raped by four men in Cape Town in December last year and Action Society has fought tooth and nail with the family since August to get to this point. The

11th September 2023 No Comments

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COURT WRAP: Action Society calls on justice system to BAN BAIL for perpetrators of violence against children as they attend five harrowing cases involving the rapes and murders of children in one week

Action Society court wrap: 7 – 11 August 2023 Multiple court cases overseen by Action Society were either impossible to get to, or had to be postponed due to taxi strikes last week. Witnesses and accused alike couldn’t get to court and some courts were even closed. Last week alone,

14th August 2023 No Comments

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Family and friends commemorate Liezel’s passion and love on what would have been her 40th birthday, 655 days after her murder

Ubi caritas et amor, ubi caritas, Deus ibi est – Where there is charity and love, there the God of love abides. This is the song colleagues of Reverend Liezel de Jager will always recall when they think of her, according to a letter they wrote to her daughters, published

23rd July 2023 No Comments

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Don’t let her end up like Siphokazi and Alwaba – Action Society

The man accused of attacking a 16 year old girl in Paarl on Monday, was out on bail for a previous attempt on her life. The police however failed to add this crucial information along with the protection order the victim already had against her attacker to the docket that

21st July 2023 No Comments

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Will you say her name too? – Family of murdered teen turns to Action Society at Siphokazi Booi court appearance

She was murdered in the same area and in the same year as Siphokazi Booi. And like Siphokazi, the accused in her murder is her boyfriend. Action Society has stepped in to assist the family of Alwaba Sondara’s family after they begged for a #SayHerName campaign for their daughter at

19th July 2023 No Comments

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Police mum on missing German tourist – Distraught family mandates Action Society

Action Society has been mandated by the family of the German tourist Nick Frischke, who went missing in February 2023 in Cape Town, to look into the matter in terms of case oversight and private investigation. The 22-year-old went missing on Valentine’s Day while he was on a hike in

16th June 2023 No Comments

Press Release

Police deliberately ignored protection orders; could have saved Lindiwe Zitha’s petrol burn attack

Lindiwe Zitha, the sister of former Banyana Banyana player Khabo Zitha, sustained severe burns all over her body after she was doused in petrol and set alight by her ex-boyfriend, Eric Marakalala, despite numerous protection orders against him. “This is another case of the entire criminal justice system failing someone

7th June 2023 No Comments

Press Release

To the state, innocent victims are just statistics

Even though some of the crime statistics released this morning by the South African Police Service (SAPS) show a minor decrease from the previous three months, the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, should remember that real human beings are behind those numbers. It is, in fact, no reason to celebrate

30th May 2023 No Comments

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590 days after Liezel de Jager’s murder; no autopsy report and incomplete forensic investigation – Action Society approaches SAHRC for intervention

It has been 590 days since the murder of the beloved Pastor Liezel de Jager from Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal, and the South African Police Service (SAPS) still has no autopsy report or a complete forensic investigation. Furthermore, the police ignore all requests from Liezel’s family and Action Society to give

25th May 2023 No Comments

police inefficiencies

Western Cape POCS-report just the tip of the iceberg – Action Society on police inefficiencies in GBV cases Action Society calls for SAPS purge

Media update – Action Society will fight for justice of gang-raped woman as fourth suspect appeared in court today

COURT WRAP: Action Society calls on justice system to BAN BAIL for perpetrators of violence against children as they attend five harrowing cases involving the rapes and murders of children in one week

Family and friends commemorate Liezel’s passion and love on what would have been her 40th birthday, 655 days after her murder

Don’t let her end up like Siphokazi and Alwaba – Action Society

Will you say her name too? – Family of murdered teen turns to Action Society at Siphokazi Booi court appearance

Police mum on missing German tourist – Distraught family mandates Action Society

Police deliberately ignored protection orders; could have saved Lindiwe Zitha’s petrol burn attack

To the state, innocent victims are just statistics

590 days after Liezel de Jager’s murder; no autopsy report and incomplete forensic investigation – Action Society approaches SAHRC for intervention

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