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South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)
ANTI MUSLIM VIOLENCE

Durban woman murdered in alleged Islamophobic attack

Halima Hoosen-Preston was killed in her home apparently after an altercation with a local man whose relatives were killed in Israel

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
Young People take part in a Trans freedom march for victims of transphobic hatred with a banner saying Trans lives matter, on November 20, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Transgender Day of Remembrance (Tdor) is the global day of remembrance for victims of hate and violence against transgender people. (Photo by Simona Granati – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
ACADEMICS

South Africa is home to a culture of transphobia

Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections

  • Cassandra Roxburgh
6 min read
Zimbabwean Nationals wait outside Home Affairs in Pretoria for days for permits in 2021. (Madelene Cronjé)
ACTIONSA

What the Omicron variant and Mashaba’s election ticket have in common

Stigmatising the marginalised is driven by vested interests, both in the case of African foreign nationals subject to xenophobia and South Africans facing economic doom

  • Casper Lӧtter
7 min read
Hateful: Jacob Zuma’s supporters wait outside court during his rape trial.
DONALD TRUMP

Hatred of women thrives in South Africa

Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior

  • Nonsikelelo Ncube
5 min read