The Thuthuzela Care Centres could be described as a unique one-stop, integrated response to the burgeoning incidence of violent sexual acts against women and children and its intersect with HIV and AIDS. The Thuthuzelas in operation at the GF Jooste Hospital in Manenberg, Cape Town were placed in communities where the incidence of rape was particularly high and were also linked to the sexual offences courts, a new and unique South African anti-rape intervention.