South Africa is on its way to being a pathfinder country in the realm of preventing violence towards children – but more can and needs to be done.
Is government committed to fighting for or against women? A mistake in a press release for 16 days of activism is revealing, writes Verashni Pillay.
A restructured Cabinet is on the cards, with a new information ministry to clean up Jacob Zuma’s image and Baleka Mbete as second deputy president.
The government must stop paying mere lip service to rooting out gender-based violence.
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The proposed equality legislation just duplicates functions from other laws, and offers nothing new, writes Lisa Vetten.
From bloated salaries to floods of statements once a year, Verashni Pillay despairs of the department of women, children and people with disabilities.
Allegations of corruption and mismanagement have been highlighted in a secret report on the women, children and people with disabilities department.
Women Minister Lulu Xingwana has dismissed a "sensational hot air" report that she demanded to be upgraded on a flight from Accra, Ghana.
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/ 16 February 2012
Minister of Women Lulu Xingwana will participate in Friday’s march to protest against assaults on women wearing miniskirts.
A government department and ANC Women’s League have added their voices to condemning the harassment of two teenagers at the Noord Street taxi rank.
Those charged with rape and murder of children should not get bail, says Lulu Xingwana, the Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities.