Written by Riaan de Villiers As we start this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence towards a world free of sexism, discrimination, and violence against women and children, we are horrified, angered, deeply distressed, and concerned by the levels of brutal violence women and children in our country are facing and enduring. With rising crime levels South Africa is a dangerous place for women and children, as the Crime Statistics of 2019/20 released on 31 Jul

Dr Braam Hanekom - 21-11-2020 My thanks to the SAHRC who provided Dr Llewellyn MacMaster and myself with permits to act as monitors during the protest. Chronological Observations 09.00. Everything is still very calm and peaceful. Police are present in large numbers. A few bystanders, but also the Cape Party who pitched their (advertising) tent outside the barbed wire fence, are present. The media is already present. The EFF has permission to erect their stage in front of the