What a privilege to be a part of this historic moment.

Campaign Launch| Session Facilitator, Ms Lee-Anne Germanos-Manuel, takes to the podium to officially get the National Question Campaign Launch underway.

As The Embrace Project waits for the Con Court to set a date for the hearing of its challenge against the definition of rape, I have explained the different legal arguments the Court will have to consider when in a 2-part blog on Oxford Human Rights Hub: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/sexual-offence… ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/sexual-offence…

The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa. Lee-Anne Germanos Manuel of The Embrace Project analyses the decisions at the High Court & the Constitutional Court in a two part blog. Part 1: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/sexual-offence… Part 2: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/sexual-offence…

After nearly 3 years since the institution of our application, we will finally be heard before the Constitutional Court of SA on 25 September 2024! The highest court in the country will finally hear why the current definition of rape is a problem for the fight against #gbv

Participation| The SAHRC's Anti-Racism, Equality and Education focal area, represented by Ms Lee-Anne Germanos, attended Access Chapter 2 and The Commonwealth Equality Network's (TCEN) Africa Regional Convening.

Watch this space on 25 Sept... If the Con Court finds in our favour, for the first time in SA's history, discussions around what sexual consent is & how to obtain it will take centre place in sex education. The only way to eradicate #gbv is to prevent it. Not just to punish it.

Over the next few weeks we will be explaining the arguments of each of these parties before the Constitutional Court, and what it is that they are asking for on 25 September 2025.

On Thursday, the Constitutional Court hears a landmark case that could redefine South Africa's sexual offences laws. It follows a North Gauteng High Court ruling that struck down parts of the Act, replacing the current subjective consent test with an objective one. This requires

The Constitutional Court will hear a case that could redefine how consent is treated in sexual offences law. Can perpetrators rely on a subjective belief in consent to avoid conviction, even if no consent was given? Embrace Project's Lee-Anne Germanos Manuel elaborates. Watch:

Proceedings have commenced! Livestream on youtube.com/live/_DsZSVNvy…

Trevor Manuel with his then wife Lynne Matthews and son Govan on his release from detention, 1988. Photograph: Zubeida Vallie