Babalwa Ntutu’s* parents thought their prayers had been answered. They were looking forward to spending Christmas Day with their daughter — even if it was at her hospital bedside. But, on Tuesday last ...

The department of women, youth and persons with disabilities (DWYPD) has joined forces with the National Albinism Task Force of SA (NATF) to call for an end to discrimination, hostility and violence ...

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has joined the National Albinism Task Force of South Africa (NATF) in calling for the end of discrimination, hostility and violence against ...

Customary practices such as ukuthwala should not be used as criminal defence in cases of rape and abuse of women and children. This is the message that rights lobby groups hope will reach many rural ...

RUSTENBURG - The practice of ukuthwala must be eliminated, Woman Forward said on Tuesday. "The practice, which is barbaric and backwards, occurs mainly in rural parts of South Africa, in particular, ...

More than 90,000 South African girls between the ages of 12 and 17 were either married, divorced, separated, widowed or living with a partner as husband and wife in 2016. The latter formed the ...

Ukuthwala is not synonymous with tradition, especially in a country that prides itself in a constitution which enshrines human rights. Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola this ...

A 60-year-old man was sentenced to life and 17 years imprisonment by the Greytown Regional Court after he raped a 17-year-old girl in an attempt to force her to be his wife. Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, ...

“Back home in the Eastern Cape, ukuthwala is normal and has always been, so long as one has the means to pay lobola and if the girl’s family consent to have her married,” a man at the Clare Estate ...

Shivambu fired for witchcraft? MKP’s ancestors are restless! Floyd Shivambu says he was booted from the MKP after a so-called intelligence report accused him of using supernatural powers to make ...