Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour
South Africa needs active citizens and real change starts in the home, with conversations about social justice
Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence
Funded by the private sector, the government will be able to ‘scale up’ initiatives against this second pandemic
UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng talks to Nicolene de Wee about transformation, the bullying claims against her, and her passion for music
Being selected as the Inaugural Obama Leader in Africa in 2018 and now ranked among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans, Melene Rossouw talks to Nicolene de Wee about how she went from growing up in a poor neighbourhood to become a lawyer, activist and the cofounder of the Women Lead Movement. But she’s not all about work — she loves jazz, R&B and hip-hop
Many people do not know how to get into a place of safety or information on how to get help when they need it most. A new hotline is changing that
By looking at the past and understanding how racism and gender-based violence has lined the hallways of educational institutions, we can learn new ways of being
In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions
The theatre piece draws on folklore and an Afrofuturist world to interrogate social ills
The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies
Khulekani Mayisa’s new film, Power to the Purple, is an intensely personal collaborative project
From art exhibitions to film festivals, we’ve got your entertainment covered this weekend to the next
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed chief executive of the Sanac Trust, tells Nicolene de Wee about a new plan to fight HIV, TB and STIs — and her hip-hop dance moves
Brigadier Sifiso Cele denies the rape allegations, saying that they are part of a smear campaign and that criminal charges should have been opened if the accusations were true
Too many laws and customs in too many African countries still treat women as minors
Three amendment Bills recently submitted to Parliament have the potential to change the legal landscape for sex offenders, especially the proposed duty to report and act on incidents of gender based violence
Perhaps the government does want us to know how bad things really are
Pieter du Plessis’s post-apocalyptic film throws up some interesting questions, but it also needs to work a little harder
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and socialising
If a man has the temerity to shoot a woman inside a police station, in front of law enforcement officers, then the country has an even bigger GBV problem than it thinks.
The party’s response to journalists and those who speak against them reveal a consistent pattern of misogyny
Talking to the media, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he too was frustrated by the slow pace of justice around corruption, but that ‘the change that we have all wanted to see is unfolding’
In a world defined by gendered violence, what can we do differently?
Behind closed doors, domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse, with little recourse against their employers
What chance do we have of tackling the deeper psychological and societal problems that drive violence against women if we cannot even do the basics?
Backlogs, booze, testicular cancer — all factors blamed for the apparent ineptitude or unwillingness to tackle a pandemic that is silently killing women all over the country.
In a robust meeting of the hybrid sitting of National Assembly, President Cyril Ramaphosa met MPs face to face for the first time since questions over lockdown corruption arose
A GBV policy framework that achieves gender equality in the post-school education sector and broader society needs to be urgently implemented
Viwe Dalingozi’s story, like many others, is painful to read and write about. But in court it simply drags on like any other case. As we have written so many times, this cannot be the status quo.