Successful Campaigns

Government has released the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and femicide 2020 -2030 https://www.justice.gov.za/vg/gbv/NSP-GBVF-FINAL-DOC-04-05.pdf

Sikhangele Mki was sentenced to 15 life sentences and 120 years imprisonment. http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/14/15-life-sentences-for-serial-rapist-sikangele-mki

The Sodwana Bay Guesthouse's listing was removed from TripAdvisor's website.

18 June 2019 - * Gallagher Estate and Shimmy Beach Club have both cancelled the Koffi Olomide's performance https://citizen.co.za/lifestyle/your-life-entertainment-your-life/2144302/shimmy-beach-club-cancels-koffi-olomide-event-amid-pressure/

Majority of people have been funded. But some are not.

We sent campaign signatures to the Minister of Justice. The department acknowledged receipt. As well as public pressure, our friends at the Nelson Mandela Foundation made an application to the Equality Court, to have gratuitous displays of the apartheid flag banned. The Department of Justice provided a supporting submission to the affidavits submitted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The Equality Court agreed that the gratuitous displays of the apartheid flag should be banned. https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/apartheid-flag-ruling-gratuitous-display-constitutes-hate-speech-20190821

The Finance Minister announced a tax increase on tobacco, the increase was not as high as we wanted. However it is still a step in the right direction. A pack of 20 cigarettes went up by R1.14 cents to R16.66; https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sin-taxes-levies-increase

The article was retracted by the editor and publisher for "serious flaws exist in the methodology and reporting of the original study". For more info see https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13825585.2019.1598538

We have achieved the main aim of the campaign. Redistribution of the book has been stopped. Awareness has been raised. However it seems Exclusive Books will continue to sell the book, stay tuned for more info.