Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust

South Africa roots
Source review: 2026-10-05

Your guide to Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust

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Reported work and places

Health and medical care; Protection and inclusion; Women’s health; Children and youth; Education. Reported activity: South Africa.

Its 2025/26 annual report records counselling, court preparation, social work and post-rape support at Cape Town care centres, plus community education. Reported trauma recovery and court outcomes remain organization-reported. Planned future frameworks and broader national service availability are excluded.

Evidence dated 2026-02-28. Annual Report 2025/2026; physical p13 explicitly states financial year-end February 28, 2026. Programme chapters describe the same year under review.

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Who receives your money

Organization roots: South Africa
Roots and operating base: Founded in Cape Town in 1976 by South African feminist activists Ann Levett and Anne Mayne; community offices and survivor-support services operate in Cape Town.
Reviewed legal entity: Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust · South Africa
Named recipient: Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust · South Africa
Giving route: Official named bank transfer or cheque instructions

Use the official View EFT Details instructions naming Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust. The page offers general donations or illustrative counselling-session amounts; those do not establish a personal beneficiary or guaranteed number of sessions for a particular gift. It asks for a donor name as payment reference and offers a Section 18A certificate on request. Tax eligibility depends on jurisdiction and circumstances; charges and gift-refund terms were not stated.

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Country evidence and reporting periods

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South Africa

Counselling, court support, post-rape care support and social work for adults and children were delivered through Cape Town offices, courts and care centres; community education sessions were held.

Reporting period: Annual Report 2025/2026; physical p13 explicitly states financial year-end February 28, 2026. Programme chapters describe the same year under review. · Physical PDF pp6–8 (printed pp6–13), Road to Justice, Road to Recovery and Making Change; p13 period-end

Evidence stage: Reported services delivered

Annual-report window is 365 days; the February 2026 marker is a reporting period, not a delivery day. This organization delivers survivor support and counselling, not all medical treatment at the care centres. National advocacy does not imply nationwide direct service. Individual outcomes not independently verified.

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What we checked, and what remains uncertain

Minimum public-source checks passed on 2026-10-05: named identity, official presence, recent reported activity and an authorized giving route with an identifiable recipient.

Minimum public-source checks only. Identity and delivery statements may be organization-reported. Live registry standing, bank ownership, payment settlement, use of an individual gift and field outcomes were not independently audited. No payment made. Evidence describes its stated reporting period, not guaranteed delivery today. Annual-report window is 365 days; the February 2026 marker is a reporting period, not a delivery day. This organization delivers survivor support and counselling, not all medical treatment at the care centres. National advocacy does not imply nationwide direct service. Individual outcomes not independently verified.

Own giving page names Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust as the EFT beneficiary and footer gives NPO 044-786. Annual report physical pp2 and 10 recount its 1976 founding and 2005 NPO registration.

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Source relationship: Organization-authored programme report and official giving instructions

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