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Khanyo Farise

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Khanyo Farise

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Organisations such as CitizenGo, Family Watch International, Family Policy Institute and Christian Council International promote opposition to abortion, LGBTI rights, reproductive healthcare and comprehensive sexuality education.
2025 CONVENTION ON ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

African values under threat: African Commission must defend them

US anti-rights groups are working against inclusivity, non-racism and decolonisation

  • Khanyo Farise
5 min read
Young people’s digital fluency and ambition make them vulnerable to crime. Photo: Reuters
CORONAVIRUS

Southern Africa has cracked down on fake news, but may have gone too far

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe have implemented new rules on disinformation. But these may have unintended consequences

  • Khanyo Farise
  • Justice Mavedzenge
  • Timothy Fish Hodgson
7 min read
The way the virginity “testing” is often carried out is further evidence of its patriarchal core and deeply demeaning and violative of girls’ human rights and dignity.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC

Ban harmful virginity ‘testing’

Customary law and cultural practices must be consistent with South Africa’s Constitution — and if they don’t these practices are unlawful

  • Khanyo Farise
8 min read