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Source: Constitutional Court of South Africa RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: State vs. Phaswane and Aaron Makoena (PDF 1.9 mb) - High Court (Transvaal Provincial Division) Judgement on 12/05/2008 on the constitutionality of aspects of the case. Specifically, those relating to the secondary victimisation in court of children who have been raped . Additional documentation pertaining to the case can be found here
State vs. Egglestone (PDF 63kb) - SCA judgement on 30 May 2008 State vs. Masiya - Judgment that extended the common law definition of rape to include sodomy State vs. Marx (Summary in English) State vs.Marx (Full judgment in Afrikaans) State vs. Zuma
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Omar vs. Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others State vs. Baloyi (1999) -The state's constitutional duty to provide effective remedies against domestic violence STATE OBLIGATION TO PROTECTI WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE: Carmichele vs. Minister of Safety and Security (2001) -The duty of courts to develop the common law, in this case concerning duty of police to prevent sexual violence against women NK vs. Minister of Safety & Security
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