KG, Zoë and Stephen look at what Cupcake has promised, from reviewing unresolved cases and tackling forensic backlogs to women’s safety audits and action on illegal alcohol trading. The president says these are more than good intentions. Seven years after his address on the same crisis, South African women have every reason to ask what will actually change.
We also discuss the sexual offence charges against suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Zoë shares her own experience of inappropriate contact from a police officer, and why calls to trust the police can ring hollow for women who have turned to them for help.
Meanwhile, Steven Bartlett’s Bishopscourt mansion is going for R189 million, skebengas posing as runners are stealing phones, and Sandy Bay’s naturists are challenging new signs banning nudity. Cape Town has plenty of problems. Apparently, HANGING OUT in a safe space is now one of them.