TEARS Foundation Launches Soothing the Nation campaign

In South Africa we have great laws addressing our gender-based violence (GBV) problem, but we fall very short on implementation and accountability. As a result, very few of these laws help with the aftermath of rape while the body and mind try to process the devastation of sexual violence…

Tears Foundation launches free platform to empower youth

Courtesy www.sandtonchronicle.co.za The Tears Foundation hopes to teach more of the community’s youth the importance of speaking out and taking a stand against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa. Ahead of 16 Days of Activism (November 25 to December...

Violence Against Women – A Problem In South Africa

Violence against women has become a serious problem in South Africa and the world. Information from different countries indicates that 35% of all women have been physically or sexually abused by an intimate or non-intimate partner. While women across the globe fall...

Family not ready to forgive sister’s alleged killer

Johannesburg – The family of the woman, who was killed and burnt before being buried in her backyard, says they are not ready to forgive her husband who has been charged with the murder. “I am not sure if I will ever forgive him. Maybe I will forgive him one day, but...

Man allegedly kills wife, buries body in backyard

Johannesburg – A man who filed a missing person’s report on his wife after allegedly killing her will appear in the Temba Magistrate’s Court in Hammanskraal on Monday, police said. Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele said the 38-year-old man confessed to burning...

TEARS Foundation does absolutely amazing work.

The spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen. But the spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen,...