News24.com | OPINION | Failure to respond: No chance for mediation in rape damages case at Joburg high school
With the introduction of mandated mediation in the rules of court, there is the opportunity for rape cases to be finalised without having to be heard in full by the court. But if there is no response from the state, then the case has to go to trial, as a recent case reveals, writes Sheena Swemmer.