This is a near mirror of the Domestic Violence Service Providers Directory that used to be on Women'sNet.
This mirror page was created on November 14, 2004, by CaNetiq for the
Hot Peach Pages: World-Wide List of Abuse Agencies
in order to provide internal links down the page to the different service providers for ease of use.

Domestic Violence Service Providers Directory
(Agenda No 36, March 1998)
 

ADVICE DESK FOR ABUSED WOMEN

  • Hot Line dealing with crisis calls (24hrs)
  • Shelter and counselling for abused women, men and children
  • Referrals to specialist organisations
  • Training and consultation
  • Community and in-service education programmes
  • Support groups for abused women and men; children who witness domestic violence; men who abuse their partners
  • Sexual harassment programmes (including rape assistance and counselling) University of Durban-Westville
T: 031-2044922
T: 031-2044924
HOTLINE: 031-2044862/932
Durban Magistrate's Court
Private Bag X54308
Durban 4000
Rm 1021A T: 031-3024356

University of Zululand
Dept of Social Work
T/F: 0351-93558

Ladysmith
Ladysmith Provincial Hospital
T: 0361-313151

AGISANANG DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (ADAPT)

  • Workshops for health workers on accurate identification and appropriate health interventions for abused women
  • Training for other professionals eg. police on appropriate interventions for abused women
  • Training on personal development and basic counselling for community counsellors
  • Individual counselling for rape survivors and men
  • Support groups for abused women
  • Support programmes for young women and men
  • Workshops for women's and men's organisations, youth groups, churches, schools, universities and other community-based organisations
Oliver Tambo Community Centre
T: 011-7866608/8853305
F: 011-8853309

Alexandra Health Clinic
T: 011-4404047

CAMPUS LAW CLINIC

The Gender and Children's Rights Unit is a specialist unit within the Campus Law Clinic dealing with issues concerning women and children such as child abuse, domestic violence, discrimination against women etc

CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE AND RECONCILIATION (THE TRAUMA CLINIC)

  • Provide individual counselling for people who have been affected by violence-both adults and children
  • Group debriefings by couples, families and company employees
  • Educative talks and workshops concerning the experience of and reactions to trauma and violence
  • Training courses for service providers working in trauma related fields
Johannesburg
T: 011-4035102

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (DVAP)

Each advice office is staffed by one advice officer who:

  • Advises victims of family violence on their legal rights
  • Assists victims of family violence to obtain the interdict in terms of the Family Violence Act
  • Advises people who wish to amend or set aside the interdict
  • Refers victims of family violence to support groups and other resources
  • Advises people about alternative remedies that may be available such as peace orders
Durban Magistrate's Court
T: 031-3024352

Nquta Magistrate's Court
T: 034-2711910

Riverview Police Station
T: 031-7633776

Umlazi Magistrate's Court
T: 031-9073955

FAMILY AND MARRIAGE SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA (FAMSA)

Services to couples, individuals, families.

Counselling: relationship, pre-marriage, divorce, family, personal growth issues: Pietermaritzburg

  • Training courses for women interested in facilitating support groups for women in abusive relationships
  • Support groups for women in abusive relationships
  • Education outreach programmes educating women about domestic violence and what support resources are available in the community
  • Counselling to women, couples caught in abusive relationships
Pietermaritzburg
T: 0331-424945
F: 0331-949653

Johannesburg
T: 011-7884784

Kempton Park
T: 011-9757196

Soweto
T: 011-9330301

Pretoria
T: 012-3227136

ILITHA LABANTU

  • One to one counselling
  • Support group services
  • Training women about violence
  • Youth desk dealing with sexual harassment, date rape etc.
  • Family enrichment programme, dealing with marriage and domestic violence.
Guguletu
T: 021-6332383
F: 021-6382956

SINANI / KWAZULU-NATAL PROGRAMME FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE

  • Providing support and rehabilitation to survivors of political, social, criminal and domestic violence, particularly children and youth
  • Facilitating peace and reconciliation in our region
  • Raise awareness of the terrible effects of violence on families
  • Conflict resolution
  • Organisation of youth leadership camps
  • Empowers community leaders to support and work with survivors of violence
Durban
T: 031-3053497

LIFE LINE

24 hour telephone counselling and referrals
National Office
T: 011-8809676

Durban
T: 031-232323

Johannesburg
T: 011-7281347

Klerksdorp
T: 018-4621234

Krugersdorp
T: 011-9534111

Nelspruit
T: 013-7553606

Pietermaritzburg
T: 0331-944444

Pretoria
T: 012-460666

Rustenburg
T: 0142-972000

Vaal Triangle
T: 016-337333

Western Cape
T: 021-4611111/3

MOSAIC

  • Offers a year long training course for women community workers
  • Counselling skills training courses for women who want to help other women in need
  • Educational presentations about abuse for women and men
  • Women's support groups and workshops
  • Gender sensitive counselling for women
  • Conflict resolution
Cape Town
T: 021-4347916

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIME AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS (NICRO)

Counselling with offenders as well as the victims of crime - youth, individuals and their families.

Johannesburg
T: 011-3365236

Pretoria
T: 012-3265331/2

Soweto
T: 011-9861020

East Rand
T: 011-8376976

Provincial office
T: 011-8370320

Durban
T: 031-3042761

NICRO women's support centre Counselling, advice and resources for battered women

Western Cape
T: 021-474000

Gauteng
T: 011-8370320

Durban
T: 031-3042761

NATIONAL NETWORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Network of domestic violence service provider organisations

Eastern Cape
Gomolemo Moshoe
T: 0404-22279
F: 04060-22010

Free State
Susan Ehlers
T: 051-4476678
F: 051-4476694

Gauteng
Mmabatho Ramagoshi T: 012-3416362
F: 012-3416844

Kwazulu-Natal
Rashida Manjoo
T/F 031-2026923

Mpumalanga
Priscilla Themba
T: 013-7593700
F: 013-7527748

Northern Cape
Tshulane Khosa
T: 0531-814999

Northern Province
Mmanthe Ntjie
T: 0512-2321141

North West
Nono Pooe
T/F: 0140-882418

Western Cape
Margo Lochrenberg
T: 021-471467
F: 021-475458

NISAA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE on Wayback Machine

  • Offers counselling for women and children
  • Offers telephonic as well as one to one counselling
  • Training for community groups
  • Workshops and seminars
Lenasia
T: 011-8545804

PEOPLE OPPOSING WOMEN ABUSE (POWA)

  • Counselling, shelter and support services for the survivors of violence
  • against women
  • Legal advice and court support
  • Lobbying and advocacy for legislative and attitude change
  • Research, documentation and publication of materials
  • Public education
  • Training and income generating activities
  • Information and referrals for abused women and their families
Yeoville
T: 011-6424345/6
F: 011-4843195

Katlehong
T: 011-8602858

Soweto
T: 011-9332333

HELPLINE
T: 011-6424345/6 (08h30-16h30 weekdays)

PAGER SERVICE
T: 011-6505050 (17h30-21h00, 24hrs weekends)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT EDUCATION PROJECT (SHEP)

  • training and raising awareness
  • providing advisory and referral services
  • developing rules and procedures including codes of conduct grievance and
  • disciplinary procedures
  • producing educational materials
  • promoting legislative changes
  • operating a resource materials centre
Braamfontein
T: 011-4035650
F: 011-4037535/3396785

SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN'S SHELTER MOVEMENT

The SA Women's Shelter Movement networks between all known shelters that specialise in assisting abused women in SA in order to improve on services provided.

  • Networking with shelters and other organisations within and outside South Africa
  • � Lobbying for recognition of the problem of women abuse and more effective governmental assistance to women and their children
  • Educating lay and professional people on the problem of women abuse and the needs of abused women and children
  • Generating research and information about women abuse and the various aspects of shelter work
  • Fundraising on behalf of the Movement and its shelters
National Co-ordinator
Charlotte Gaitskill
T/F: 031-2075880

Kwazulu Natal
Priscilla Joseph
T: 031-2044922

Gauteng
Julie Taylor
T: 011-8545804

Western Cape
Elizabeth Petersen
T: 021-4486792

Eastern Cape
Nicki Stander
T: 041-559393

Northern Cape
Cynthia Petersen
T: 0531-7132995

Free State
Morongoe Ntsala
T: 058-713299

Mpumalanga
Alice Matsane
T: 013-7528085

STANGER ADVICE CLINIC

  • Crisis intervention to victims of domestic abuse and offences of a sexual nature
  • Drawing attention to domestic violence
  • Counselling, education and support services for abused women, men and children
South African Police Services, Stanger
T: 0324-21860/5

SEX WORKER EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY TASK FORCE (SWEAT)

  • Outreach to agencies and massage parlours
  • HIV/STD education workshops
  • Condom distribution network
  • Legal advice
  • Facilitation of sex worker/police forums to improve police protection of sex workers
T/F: 021-4487875
F: 021-4484089

TSHWARANANG LEGAL ADVOCACY CENTRE

  • Responding to policy documents and new bills from the South African Law Commission and Parliament.
  • Producing an national legal manual on violence against women for NGO service providers.
  • Monitoring judgements for sexist bias.
  • Organising an election 1999 campaign to make violence againstwomen an election issue.
  • Devising training protocols for all law enforcement agents including police, district surgeons, magistrates and judges.
  • Monitoring the way the media reports on violence against women.
  • Compiling a resource centre of information and books on legal advocacy and violence against women.
  • Offering workshops on legal advocacy and the use of the legal system in cases of gender violence.
Braamfontein
T: 011-4034267/70
F: 011-4034275

WOMEN AGAINST WOMEN ABUSE on Wayback Machine

  • Training of support groups in all aspects of abuse including child abuse
  • Training in aspects of the law pertaining to child and woman abuse
  • Counselling services
  • Shelter (presently only at Eldorado Park)
  • Training in how shelters operate
National Co-ordinator
Maggie Mthembu
T: 011-8365656 / 082 8866585

Northern Province
Freda Mathibela
T: 082 8866590

Northern Cape
Agnes Nthlangula
T: 082 8866597

Mpumalanga
Kate Mahlaba
T: 082 8866582

Free State
Sesi Malinga
T: 057-3963083

Gauteng
Dina Nkobo
T: 082 8866707

Western Cape
Ruth Mpekula
T: 082 8866602

Eastern Cape
Nontobeko Fosilara
T: 041-446246

North West
Angeline Molebatsi
T: 082 8866599

RAPE CRISIS CAPE TOWN    (Rape Crisis South Africa)

Counselling and advice
T: 021-479762

Training, public awareness and admin line
T: 021-471467 F:475458

Heideveld community office
Training and public awareness
T: 021-6379431 F: 021-6379432

Khayelitsha Community Office

  • Counselling services to rape survivors
  • Providing support in their trauma
  • Advice to them and their families
  • Work with women from the ages of 16 upwards
  • Training and public awareness-they target schools, day hospitals etc
  • Run workshops in order to raise awareness
  • Training people in the community to become volunteers
Counselling
T: 021-3619085

Training and public awareness
T: 021-3619228 F: 021-3610529

DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

Gauteng
T: 011-3557878

Western Cape
T: 021-4614143

Free State
T: 051-4054001

Kwazulu-Natal
T: 0358-8743703

Eastern Cape
T: 0401-952115

Northern Cape
T: 0531-814999

TOLL FREE NUMBERS

Child Line: 0800 055 555

Child Emergency Service: 0800 123 321

Police Service Emergency: 10111

PO Box 18983 Dalbridge
4014 Kwazulu-Natal
Suite 101 Davenport Square
89 Davenport Road
Glenwood, Durban.
Fax (+27 31) 224184
Tel (+27 31) 224184
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