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Festering: March and March protesting against undocumented foreigners. The government seems slow to respond to the migrant issue, leaving the debate to become more hostile and toxic. Photo: March and March
SOUTH AFRICA

When division rises, so must dialogue

As immigration debates and anti-migrant tensions intensify across South Africa, fostering constructive national dialogue and establishing a commission of inquiry are crucial to…

  • Lungelo Mncwabe
8 min read
Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi)
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

South Africa does not need another GBV plan; it needs a system that works.

South Africa does not lack policies or awareness to fight gender-based violence; it lacks effective execution. Looking at international success stories like Nicaragua and the…

  • Juanita du Preez
7 min read
Women ‘not worth a dead rat’
WOMEN S RIGHTS

When will she be safe? The continuum of violence in refugee and migrant women’s lives

While South Africa celebrates Women's Month, many refugee and migrant women continue to face a continuum of violence, from the trauma of forced displacement to xenophobia,…

  • Akuch Kuol Anyieth
6 min read
GENDER EQUALITY

The unfinished fight for South Africa's young women

Seventy years after the historic Women's March, South Africa reflects on progress while confronting the ongoing challenges faced by young women today, from healthcare access and…

  • Ntombifikile Mtshali
5 min read
ARTS AND CULTURE

Bongani Nicholas Ngomane

For Bongani Nicholas Ngomane, theatre does not end when the curtain falls. It lives on in the conversations it inspires, the ideas it challenges and the stories it preserves.…

1 min read
As anti-immigrant protests gather momentum, a clause in the NHI Act could deny many refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants HIV treatment — despite Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi saying that would "work in reverse" in the fight against HIV. Would the health minister be prepared to change that if the Constitutional Court rules the Act can go ahead? (Delwyn Verasamy)
SOUTH AFRICA
Video

Could the NHI fuel anti-immigrant sentiment?

Amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment and violence in South Africa, a clause in the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act threatens to deny HIV treatment to refugees, asylum…

  • Tanya Pampalone
  • Mia Malan
  • Anna-Maria van Niekerk
8 min read
History: The youth of 1976 demanded the right to learn. . . the youth of 2026 require the tools to thrive. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

The youth of 1976 sought the right to learn

As South Africa marks fifty years since the Soweto Uprising of 1976, this article reflects on the historical significance of June 16 and challenges the nation to move beyond…

  • Sunshine Minenhle Myende
6 min read