It advocates for SMMEs owned by women, addresses problems women have with financing and targets sectors such as agriculture, where women labourers are concentrated
Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants
Nduduzo Makhathini unpacks the philosophy and traditions behind his new album
Zizipho Poswa’s new series of ceramic works celebrates black women via an expressive abstract language
The photographer has created a nurturing space for young creatives to tell their own stories by setting up the Muholi Art Institute in Cape Town
The government should create an enabling environment for black women business owners to become less reliant on de facto monopolies in the industry
How many R Kellys are we harbouring? It’s a difficult question for all.
Viewing black women as strong and resilient does them a disservice
The official historiography of Princess Magogo misses the nuances and influences of the many women in her life
The Sisterhood reminds us that Black women are always our own antidote, our own cure. It was a refuge and refusal conceived by women who cared even when they didn’t have to
Saidiya Hartmanilluminates the perspectives of young Black women through a vividly cinematic narrative where we are positioned to view the world through their eyes.
An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to court
Apps like My Safetipin and Safe Pace are making the public sphere safer
An all-women African team, which includes a climber who was part of the disastrous 1996 climb, plans to summit Mount Everest in 2020
Founder and chief executive, Matutlulle and Co
Student, Stanford University
Agricultural entrepreneur and co-founder, Green Terrace
Academic, Yale University
Principal, Hlolisa Primary School
Academic, University of Pretoria
Head of quality, Danone South Africa
The Union of South Africa and the women struggle for visibility in the courts
Civil society organisations have declared that the allocation of police resources in the Western Cape discriminates against black women in particular
Athi-Patra Ruga’s ‘Queens in Exile’is on at Whatiftheworld Gallery in Cape Town on. Writer Lindokuhle Nkosi contributes to Ruga’s monography
Readers write in about white men, the far right, and forex trading regulation.