Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair

The power of needlework: how embroidery is helping South African women tell unspeakable stories

In the first three weeks of that lockdown the Gender Based Violence Command Centre, designed to support victims of gender-based violence (GBV), recorded more than 120,000 victims. Also in its 2019/2020 crimes statistics, the South African Police Services indicated that an average of 116 rape cases were reported each day. Read more