GBV epidemic | Sections of Sexual Offences Act declared invalid

Judge Stuart Wilson
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 24th Annual National Teaching Awards.
JOHANNESBURG – A small victory for rape survivors after the High Court in Pretoria declared sections of the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional.
WATCH: Changes to consent in sexual violence cases
A rape survivor, The Embrace Project and the Centre for Applied Legal Studies approached the court to challenge loopholes in the act.
Specifically, they challenged complexities around the definition of consent in sexual offences cases, which they argued had resulted in the acquittal of some accused.
Gender-based violence expert Lisa Vetten discussed what this means with eNCA.