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For years, women in South Africa have called on government to lead the charge on ending men’s violence against women. (David Harrison/M&G)
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Shattering the cycle: Confronting the crisis of gender-based violence

With a woman murdered every three hours in South Africa, the tragic discoveries in Ekurhuleni highlight the urgent need to dismantle systemic failures and confront the…

  • Ntombi Khumalo
7 min read
Brown Mogotsi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
COURTS

Brown Mogotsi’s fourth bail bid postponed until 11 September

Alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi's fourth bail bid has been postponed to 11 September following his testimony denying state claims that he planned to escape from holding…

  • Amahle Banda
2 min read
Brown Mogotsi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
CRIME AND JUSTICE

Brown Mogotsi allegedly planned to disguise himself as a correctional officer and escape

The state has alleged that self-described political fixer Brown Mogotsi planned to disguise himself as a correctional officer to escape from the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court…

  • Amahle Banda
4 min read
MADLANGA COMMISSION

Matlala threatens to walk out of Madlanga as lead counsel falls ill

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has threatened to approach the courts to halt his testimony before the Madlanga Commission after his senior counsel, Annalise van den Heever, fell ill and…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
Cheap labour: March and March is not only about undocumented immigrants. It is about a state and an economy that allowed this to become normal and workers to be exploited. Photo: March and March/Facebook
SOUTH AFRICA

The ‘Othered’ red herring of false narrative

A debate on xenophobia in South Africa highlights the debunking of a bogus statistic claiming international migrants commit 60% of crimes. Experts reveal that migrant crime rates…

  • Duma Gqubule
6 min read