{"id":35324,"date":"2019-10-28T04:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35324"},"modified":"2019-10-28T04:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T04:12:05","slug":"violence-is-hurting-south-africa-we-need-new-thinking-to-break-the-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35324","title":{"rendered":"Violence is hurting South Africa: we need new thinking to break the cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three activists argue that a revolutionary approach is required in a country where conflict and rape are endemic <\/p>\n<p>The spotlight on South Africa may have subsided with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/sep\/25\/royal-baby-archie-meets-desmond-tutu-on-south-african-tour\">departure of the royals<\/a>, but foreigners are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/watch-informal-village-springs-up-in-cape-town-cbd-as-sit-in-continues-at-un-refugee-offices-20191022\">camping outside the UN refugee agency in Cape Town<\/a>, clamouring to leave because they are no longer safe.<\/p>\n<p>Last month brought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/sep\/10\/we-are-a-target-wave-of-xenophobic-attacks-sweeps-johannesburg\">surge in xenophobic attacks<\/a> in and around Johannesburg, and there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/sep\/05\/thousands-protest-in-south-africa-over-rising-violence-against-women\">huge complains<\/a> in Cape Town and across the country against the government&rsquo;s failure to deal with rising violence against ladies. Gender-based violence is an hourly occurrence.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2019\/oct\/24\/violence-hurting-south-africa-we-need-new-thinking-to-break-cycle\">Continue reading &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2019\/oct\/24\/violence-hurting-south-africa-we-need-new-thinking-to-break-cycle\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three activists argue that a revolutionary approach is required in a country where conflict and rape are endemic The spotlight on South Africa may have subsided with the departure of the royals, but foreigners are camping outside the UN refugee agency in Cape Town, clamouring to leave because they are no longer safe. Last month &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2315,20118,4206,15610],"class_list":["post-35324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-africa","tag-sexual-violence","tag-south-africa","tag-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/50001572235926.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}