International
Mar. 23, 2013
Justice on trial in South Africa
In the wake of the Oscar Pistorius shooting, the media seemed enamored with his athletic accomplishments, while ignoring a systemic problem in South Africa. By Joseph Sorrentino
Once a pariah nation for apartheid, South Africa is now a culture of brutal misogyny, where domestic violence against women is rampant, where rape is an epidemic, where the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, himself was charged with rape. Not surprisingly he was found "not guilty." Only 7 percent of reported rapes in South Africa lead to conviction. See Ximena Ramirez, "The Women's Rights Cause."
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