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16 Days Are For All Of Us

By Lisa Vetten You’ve been shocked by the statistics, outraged by the harrowing interviews on radio and television, horrified by the ineptitude of the criminal justice system and moved by the trauma – last year and the year before, as well as the year before` that and even the year preceding that. So perhaps that’s [...]

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A Brick Wall: Recreating The Path Rape Survivors Must Tread Through The Criminal Justice System

The journey outlined by the exhibition “A Brick Wall:  Rape And The Criminal Justice System” begins  with Gerhard Marx’s video “And There in the Dust”, a powerful and graphic retelling of what set you on this path in the first place. Imagine, if you will, that you are one of nine hundred women and girls. [...]

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A Brick Wall: Rape and the Criminal Justice System, An Exhibition By The Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre

Tshwaranang Art exhibition

Please join us for the opening of “A Brick Wall: Rape and the Criminal Justice System,” an exhibition hosted by the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre on Thursday 5th August at 6pm. The event will take place at The Rampart Rooms at Constitution Hill, 1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein. Our keynote is the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli [...]

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Cops Fail Domestic Violence Victims, Says Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre

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 [...]

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The Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre

The Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre to End Violence against Women (TLAC) was established in 1996 to eradicate the victimization of women by the legal system, and to make the law a vehicle of social change for women. TLAC played a key role in the development of the Domestic Violence Act, as a member on the [...]

  • The Shukumisa Campaign

    About Us

    Welcome to the Shukumisa website, an online resource for

    • rape survivors and their families
    • concerned citizens
    • community activists

    The word Shukumisa means to shake or stir things up

    The Shukumisa Campaign was created in 2008 and aims to stir and shake up public and political will to develop and implement policies related to sexual offences

    Imagine a South Africa where:

    • Everyone treats rape as a serious crime
    • Quality Health, Policing and Legal services are available to all rape survivors, everywhere
    • All women are free to move around as they please, dressed as they please
    • Rape victims aren’t stereotyped in our media
    • We are all included in the development of laws that affect our lives and our communities.

    You can join us by:

    • Adding your voice to our Facebook discussions
    • Supporting our activities, or suggesting them
    • Writing to the media and Government to complain when the law fails rape survivors
    • Getting involved with organisations linked to the Shukumisa Campaign

  • Supported by

    This project is funded by the European Union The European Commission is the EU’s executive body.

    The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders