Over 1 in 4 South African men report using physical violence against their female partners / EurekAlert, 8 September 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/cmaj-o1i090308.php
"A first-ever, national study conducted in South Africa found that 27.5 percent of men who have ever been married or lived with a partner report perpetrating physical violence against their current or most recent female partner. This study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg535.pdf,led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa, appears in the September 9, 2008, issue of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.)"