According to The World Post, a woman is killed by someone close to her every eight hours in South Africa. With the recent Rhodes University shooting in our local news, and both the Pistorius and Dewani trials making national headlines, it is clear that we are in trouble when it comes to tackling the issue of intimate partner violence.
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