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Amanda Gouws

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Amanda Gouws

Amanda Gouws is Professor of Political Science and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in the USA. Her fields of specialisation are South African Politics and Gender Politics and Political Behavior.

Woolworths’s turnover in South Africa was around R85 billion last year. It is the preferred store for the middle class for clothes and food. (Halden Krog/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
GAY PRIDE

Woolies’s gay pride range: solidarity or profit?

Supporting the LGBTIQA+ community involves more than merely putting rainbows on clothes

  • Amanda Gouws
5 min read
South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war
EDITORSPICKS

Rape is endemic in South Africa. Why the ANC government keeps missing the mark

South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war

  • Amanda Gouws
6 min read
Parties will have to do more to canvass the women’s vote and should show that they are committed to realistic platforms in their manifestos. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

Women have the power to swing the 2019 election

But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party

  • Amanda Gouws
4 min read