RAPE

Habib, A.M. Beware morality police: the slogan that the personal is political is too simplistic. This Day. 11. (28 January 2004)

Should Siraj Desai resign? This has been the subject of media interest and many conversations over the past few days. They suggested that the rape allegation and the sexual indiscretion have reduced his credibility and undermined his capacity to adjudicate on controversial moral issues. They called on his peers to urge him to quit the bench. Is this fair? Clearly these questions need to be...

Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Cain, D., Cherry, C., Henda, N. & Cloete, A. (2007) Sexual assault, sexual risks and gender attitudes in a community sample of South African men. AIDS care. 19(1):20-27.

Sexual assault against women and HIV infection are both prevalent and related social problems in South Africa. The current study examined hostile attitudes toward women, acceptance of violence against women and masculine ideological beliefs in relation to sexual assault history among men in a Cape Town township in South Africa.

Petersen, I. & Bhana, A. (2003) What puts adolescents at risk?. ChildrenFIRST. 7(50):19-21.

the need for primary prevention programmes to reduce the risk of adolescent girls becoming victims of rape is highlighted. The authors report on a study, which used qualitative focus groups and individual interviews with a volunteer sample of adolescents in a semi-rural area of KwaZulu-Natal to understand the dynamics underpinning rape of adolescents and by adolescents, with a view to developi...

Potgieter, C. & Reddy, V. (2009) Contesting the "private" and "public": the representation of sex, politics and culture in the event(s) of the Jacob Zuma versus Kwezi rape trial in South Africa. In: Festic, F. (ed). Betraying the event: constructions of victimhood in comtemporary cultures. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 87-116.

The chapter provides a perspective on the meanings of the Jacob Zuma versus Kwezi Rape Trial in South Africa. The chapter looks at the various meanings of "private" versus "public" by close reading the events surrounding the trial, both in relation to the legal proceedings within the court and the public protests outside the courtroom. The chapter offers a close reading of the judgment not in a...

Reddy, V., Potgieter, C.A. & Mkhize, N. (2007) Cloud over the rainbow nation: 'corrective rape' and other hate crimes against black lesbians. HSRC Review. 5(1):10-11.

Violence against black lesbians has no place in our democracy and, along with other forms of discriminatory violence, requires dedicated public education and stronger condemnation by policy-makers and civil society in order to be eradicated.

Richter, L. (2004) Rape only the tip of the iceberg in the sexual abuse of young children. HSRC review. 2(2):10-11.

Richter, L.M. (2003) Baby rape in South Africa. Child abuse review. 12:392-400.

In south Africa the rape of infants and toddlers occurs at allow but consistent level. Attempts to explain the rape of infants and toddlers include the socialization influences of men of the country's violent apartheid past, as well as virgin cleansing myths which have arisen in the context of the country's rampant HIV/AIDS epidemic. Added to this is an uneven child rights environment and a p...