POLICE are investigating the conduct of the Sophiatown police station after alleged negligence by its officers resulted in a woman being set on fire. The investigation comes more than nine months after the gruesome murder, as the woman’s family struggle to cope....
Domestic abuse remains unheard as victims are kept silent by an uncaring justice system, writes Shain Germaner LUCILLE Schaper still lives in the room where she watched her mother burn after being set alight. A few marks created by the flames can still be seen on the...
NGO ProBono.org’s One Child A Year campaign calls on lawyers to take on at least one case involving a child per year without costs. Shain Germaner reports. Johannesburg – It could have been prevented. Doctors said Colin* will never have a normal bowel movement...