Craig Wilkinson is the founder of the group. “We get men to talk, to process their feelings,” he explains. “And as they do, this healing takes place. And the second phase is teaching and training positive masculinity. “We ultimately hope that this will eliminate the scourge of gender-based violence.” He stands up, moving into the
Police in South Africa say that they have found a woman’s body in a Johannesburg suburb, the tenth in recent months. The body was found on Saturday morning and identified by the friend with whom she had been at a bar the previous evening. The local police commissioner said his force could not rule out
Three suspects have been detained in South Africa in connection with the murder of a woman in an area east of Johannesburg – the last of nine recent cases in that region that has shone a spotlight on the level of violence against women in the country. Under pressure to solve the spate of murders
Lebogang Ramofoko, an advocate for gender and social justice, said the levels of violence against women in the country were symptomatic of a much bigger problem – a lack of regard for humanity. “The bodies of black women have been treated as disposable in this country for time in memorial, passed down from colonisation through
President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed that “no stone will be left unturned” in finding those behind the killings, which he said were “causing fear and uncertainty in our communities”. Among the victims was 38-year-old Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, who disappeared last week after leaving her home for an afternoon run. Her body was found three days
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday night via lethal injection, three months after a judge’s ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, is scheduled to receive an injection beginning at 6 p.m. at south Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility for killing
