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Women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly considering their contribution as caregivers, in both professional and domestic settings

He also took a swipe at "people" who use the "hostile media to communicate with comrades instead of talking to them first".

The judgement is the first to recognise sexual violence as a weapon of war, as well as the highest profile leader.

The head of UN Women has called for urgent action to ensure the impact of global crises is not disproportionately borne by women, writes Liz Ford.

South Africa's former deputy president, now head of UN Women, says the days of anti-feminist excuses are numbered.

The United Nations has made former South African deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka head of the gender equality body UN Women.

It is like revolving doors at the SABC board. Outbursts over a committee report to Parliament have degenerated into a "free-for-all".

The release of the Donen report into the Oil for Food scandal may well reopen a Pandora's box of allegations about kickbacks and diplomatic favours traded for oil from Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Here's a list of our favourite party hoppers: those silver-tongued politicians who still manage to convince us that the grass really is greener.

The Congress of the People have "co-opted" the former deputy president of the country, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, into its national leadership.

The resignation of Trevor Manuel -- alongside 13 senior Cabinet ministers -- has caused confusion and volatility in the country's financial markets.

More and more women are taking their rightful places in the top structures of government and business, writes Ilse Ferreira.

Nigeria will press for compensation from the South African government for its citizens who were victims of xenophobic attacks in the country, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe said late on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister said that although no Nigerian has been killed in the wave of the attacks, many of them lost their properties while others had had their shops looted.

South African troops have killed a man in a Johannesburg township during operations to quell anti-immigrant violence, the army said on Saturday, as they deployed on the streets for the first time since apartheid. At least 43 have been killed, more than 500 arrested and 17 000 displaced.

The apparent détente between the national Health Department and the Treatment Action Campaign is to be applauded, but will it stick?