According to UIF data, only 15 888 domestic workers, of a possible 673 940, have been paid from the Covid-19 Temporary employer-employee relief scheme
Measures need to lay the foundations of a new economy and society post the pandemic
COMMENT This year, Freedom Day on April 27 came and went without celebration for women in townships and on farms in South Africa. It was just another day of struggle, with women having to walk at least two kilometres to fetch water, sometimes from empty JoJo tanks, fending off attacks on the way, and now […]
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge
There has been a constant narrative that aims to reduce you to an ex-wife of a former head of state. This is factual, but in mainstream media there seems to be no other description of you
Blame and praise can’t be apportioned to individual leaders of a collective Cabinet
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Teachers are probably some of the most undervalued people in society and often criticised for being ineffective or being chastised for this, that and the other.
Fear of being attacked restricts the movement of most women in everyday life
With no tourists or boats coming in, Hout Bay’s famous wharf is unable to stay afloat