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Sarah Setlaelo
Sarah Setlaelo is a writer with a master of philosophy degree from the University of Johannesburg and a qualification in African feminism and gender studies from the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute.
Harvard and RAU: Affirmative action and the slippery slopes of liberalism and nationalism
The Harvard affirmative action case achieved the opposite of what was expected; white students increased, African Americans decreased and the Asian American numbers stagnated
Sexism, feminism and humanism: The irreconcilable trio
It is possible to know and understand what feminism as an ideology is, and what a feminist identity really means, without necessarily subscribing to them
South Africa is in limbo – it’s neither Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ nor uhuru
The ANC-led government is not a totalitarian regime and our constitutional democracy is healthy, but some people are still more equal than others
What does patriarchy actually mean?
Powerful concepts are not immune to losing their strength when overused or misunderstood
Lessons in feminism from the leadership of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
The loss of a female political leader of the calibre of Ardern should be mourned, in the context of our troubled world
Gender-based violence is an interpersonal and societal problem
Mabogo Percy More argues that the values in society reflects the structure of that society, and tends to preserve it — but it can always be transcended towards other systems
African feminism can be an instrument of social, political and economic change in the fourth industrial revolution
Activism with a feminist vision can effect political change and the feminisation of the work agenda can bring about economic change