Tag: Protection Orders

NEWS | 6TH National Shelter Indaba Calls for Sustainable Funding as New Crime Statistics Reveal Scale of GBVF National Crisis

The latest first-quarter crime statistics, recently released by the South African Police Service (SAPS), paint a devastating picture of the gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) national disaster in South Africa. “These terrifying statistics underscore the urgent need to strengthen the country’s already overstretched network of shelters for women and safe spaces for survivors and reinforce exactly why the upcoming 6th...Continue reading

NEWS | Freedom Must Include Safety at Home – NSMSA Calls for Stronger Protection for Survivors of Domestic Violence

As South Africa prepares to commemorate thirty-two (32) years of Freedom Day on 27 April, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) is calling for urgent national reflection on what freedom truly means in a country where gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) has now been classified as a national disaster. “This classification formalises what shelters across the country have...