Despite the law, police routinely fail to intervene in home violence, says Lisa Vetten, a gender activist and policy analyst at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, in her article published in Times Live.
“The police’s reluctance to intervene in cases of domestic violence is long-standing and well-known. In an effort to counter this neglect, the 1998 Domestic Violence Act (DVA) imposed a range of legal obligations upon the police.
South Africa: Inside the Cycle of Rape (One warden’s work with sex offenders)
Check out the video “South Africa: Inside the Cycle of Rape.” This 11-minute documentary contains the testimonies of perpetrators of rape in a South African prison, and follows them through a rehabilitation process.
The video was shot inside the Maximum Security facility at Pollsmoor Prison located on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. The process of securing access to film inside the prison took years of negotiation with the South African government and then involved a separate permission process with the prison gangs once inside the prison.