Rumana Akoob

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Rumana Akoob

Rumana Akoob is a former investigative journalist who is now an activist and communications specialist

According to Sanja Bornman, an attorney for Lawyers for Human Rights, many trans people are in prisons that do not match their gender identity, in South Africa and globally. (John McCann/M&G)

Cruel warders target trans inmates

A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously

CALS said it had released a statement because it wanted to “to deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer”. (Graphic: John McCann)

Another NGO deals with sexual harassment claim

CALS wants to "deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer"

New SANRAL policy pushes transformation in construction and engineering sectors

Roads agency commits to maximising involvement of black South Africans in all of its processes

Members of Equal Education and schoolchildren march in Khayelitsha on Human Rights Day. Two volunteers have complained that they felt used by the organisation.

Equal Education grapples with ‘toxic’ culture

Former staff members say Equal Education’s problems go beyond sexual harassment

Peace and harmony: The hills of Manzini pulsed with the sounds of gqom last weekend

Clash of the cultures: The absolute monarchy and the music festival

The Bushfire festival is one place where Swatis can let their hair down and be themselves, and it is slowly sowing the seeds of change

The disciplinary panel accepted the evidence brought against attorney Henk Smith

LRC allows ‘harasser’ to resign

The scandal-hit lawyer has picked up where he left off with cases, frustrating his female accusers

Both Section27 and Sonke Gender Justice released statements saying they would revise their sexual harassment policies

NGOs tighten up on sexual harassment policies

Organisations in the sector have vowed to review their policies on sexual misconduct

Through its work, the Isaacs inquiry brought about a critical public deliberation regarding the adequacy of adversarial and narrowly legalistic approaches in providing justice to sexual harassment survivors. (David Harrison/M&G)

Scandal-hit NGO opens three probes

Equal Education has started inquiries into sexual harassment claims as donors suspend grants

Donors pause Equal Education funding after sexual harassment scandal

Two donors have suspended funding pending further investigation

‘Malicious’: Doron Isaacs says sexual harassment allegations are unfounded and are being pursued by someone with a personal agenda

‘Close friends’ of accused ran Equal Education’s sexual harassment investigation

Concerns raised about conflicts of interest on the panel that investigated Doron Isaacs in 2011

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer.

W. Cape suspends Equal Education’s school operations after sexual harassment claims

Education MEC Debbie Schäfer said that the allegations of sexual harassment – revealed last week by the Mail & Guardian — were “most concerning”

Doron Isaacs

Equal Education treasurer resigns following sexual harassment allegations

In the past month, Tshepo Motsepe, Luyolo Mazwembe and now Doron Isaacs, have resigned from Equal Education amid allegations of sexual harassment

When women cannot make the choice to complain and be accorded due process in the workplace because they will be exposed to harm and risky processes we are all compromised.

Equal Education’s call for Doron Isaacs’ suspension after harassment allegations

The request was made in a letter sent to the civil society organisation’s National Council

Equal Education co-founder Doron Isaacs. (David Harrison/M&G)

NGO’s sexual harassment woes grow

Equal Education co-founder Doron Isaacs and activist Zackie Achmat implicated by staff

Mazwembe has been at EE since 2008 at the Western Cape office and moved to Johannesburg in 2016.

Equal Education hit by another sexual misconduct case

On Monday, Equal Education released a statement saying its former head had resigned after allegations of sexual harassment.