As police investigate the deaths of nine women across Ekurhuleni, grieving families and activists call for decisive state action and systemic changes to curb the ongoing femicide…
The discovery of nine dead women in Ekurhuleni has exposed critical failures in South Africa's response to gender-based violence and femicide, with advocates warning that…
A powerful reflection on the devastating surge of femicide and gender-based violence in South Africa, urging society to see victims as individuals rather than cold statistics.
An analysis of Zambia's democratic trajectory following the 2026 elections, contrasting its civic space and challenges with governance trends across Africa.
At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed across the globe in 2025, bringing the total documented deaths and disappearances to 2,375 since 2012.
As artificial intelligence reshapes South African society, the ethical philosophy of Ubuntu must serve as the moral compass to ensure technology advances human dignity rather…
Telling women where they cannot run, walk, or exist is not safety—it is containment. In the wake of recent murders in South Africa, we must confront the perpetrators and broken…
Runners across Gauteng and beyond are taking to the streets dressed in black to honour Elizabeth 'Tsontso' Moselakgomo and demand safety as police investigate the discovery of…
With a woman murdered every three hours in South Africa, the tragic discoveries in Ekurhuleni highlight the urgent need to dismantle systemic failures and confront the…
Living in constant anticipation of violence has become an exhausting norm for South African women. Addressing the femicide crisis requires structural accountability and…
A landmark survey reveals that nearly 1.8 million women in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal experienced obstetric violence over the past decade. In response, South Africa's health…
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the equal application of international law, demanding accountability for atrocities in Palestine, Sudan,…
Decades after Steve Biko was killed in apartheid police custody, the reopened inquest highlights not only the state-sanctioned violence of Room 619, but also democratic South…
As immigration debates and anti-migrant tensions intensify across South Africa, fostering constructive national dialogue and establishing a commission of inquiry are crucial to…
Spring Day water-splashing pranks have crossed the line from celebration to non-consensual harassment and reckless waste in a water-scarce South Africa.
As apartheid chemical warfare head Wouter Basson fills theatre seats, an unresolved question lingers about the 1981 thallium poisoning of activist Siphiwo Mtimkulu and its…
South Africa does not lack policies or awareness to fight gender-based violence; it lacks effective execution. Looking at international success stories like Nicaragua and the…
Despite landmark legal rulings and protections, the indigenous Batwa of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remain besieged by rebel violence, militia exploitation, and…
Growing up as a Zimbabwean migrant in South Africa, Kimberly Mabaso reflects on how invisible borders and xenophobia challenge the true meaning of belonging, far beyond what…
South Africa continues to react to gender-based violence downstream, but ending femicide requires confronting its true root cause: entrenched gender inequality in our homes,…
