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Pornography

Art and graphics
Article
/ 29 November 2019

Art and graphics

Conrad Botes makes a comment on censorship, while Zapiro has his finger on the pulse as usual

By Sponsored Supplement
Why gay porn appeals to women
Article
/ 23 August 2018

Why gay porn appeals to women

Heterosexual porn displays women ‘being fucked’ by men and it’s demeaning

By Carl Collison
Feminist porn answers a need
Article
/ 3 August 2018

Feminist porn answers a need

Women viewers are increasing and that could help to usher in the sex revolution we are hankering after

By Kagure Mugo
Porn on pupils’ tablets is akin to a virus
Analysis
/ 30 June 2017

Porn on pupils’ tablets is akin to a virus

"While visiting schools, I have observed one common behaviour – pupils storing porn videos on their tablets"

By Siwaphiwe Myataza
Justice department denies links to Brazzers porn website
Article
/ 13 September 2016

Justice department denies links to Brazzers porn website

The department also said that the keyword “brazzers” had not appeared in any subject line in the emails received in the department’s database.

By Raeesa Pather
Don’t do porn if you’re married because you’ll probably end up divorced
Article
/ 24 August 2016

Don’t do porn if you’re married because you’ll probably end up divorced

Research backs up this finding — but it also revealed that young people are crap at matrimony.

By Sipho Kings
Stevenson Gallery curates SEX in the city
Article
/ 26 April 2016

Stevenson Gallery curates SEX in the city

The SEX exhibition attempts to unpack sex through a timeline of events that took place in South Africa in the past decade.

By Katlego Mkhwanazi
Faith Nketsi could have her revenge the legal way
Article
/ 14 April 2016

Faith Nketsi could have her revenge the legal way

The leak of a video featuring Queen Twerk having sex has legal ramifications. Content shared online could make one an accessory to revenge porn crime.

By Mosibudi Ratlebjane
Playboy drops nude pictures, can’t compete in digital pornography age
Article
/ 13 October 2015

Playboy drops nude pictures, can’t compete in digital pornography age

Playboy magazine will stop publishing "passe" pictures of fully nude women, as part of a new strategy to stem falling circulation.

By Barbara Goldberg
The undemocratic meeting of porn and politics
Article
/ 5 August 2015

The undemocratic meeting of porn and politics

By defying the supreme court, India’s ruling party has shown its contempt for the laws of the land and the constitutional rights of others.

By Staff Reporter
India blocks more than 800 sites in web porn crackdown
Article
/ 4 August 2015

India blocks more than 800 sites in web porn crackdown

Sudden blanket ban on websites considered a ‘social nuisance’ is met with anger online and triggers debate on censorship and freedom.

By Jason Burke
Sex fallacies must be laid to rest
Article
/ 9 October 2014

Sex fallacies must be laid to rest

The school curriculum doesn’t cover having ‘good’ sex, so the youth consult their phones.

By Andrew Verrijdt
Competition head denies resigning following porn scandal
Article
/ 20 October 2013

Competition head denies resigning following porn scandal

Following claims Shan Ramburuth spent thousands of state funds on porn, the Competition Commission head has denied resigning over the allegations.

By Sapa and Staff Reporter
Ten things about porn in the USA
Analysis
/ 13 September 2013

Ten things about porn in the USA

We bring you 10 things you may or may not have known about the porn industry in the US.

By Mail Guardian Correspondent
Porn, pliés and pirouettes
Article
/ 26 July 2013

Porn, pliés and pirouettes

Since Tamara Rojo’s appoint­ment as artistic director of the English National Ballet, the former ballerina has proved a natural at working the media.

By Staff Reporter
Porn and morals: Where does the truth lie?
Analysis
/ 29 April 2013

Porn and morals: Where does the truth lie?

Icasa is wrong in its interpretation of what makes us accept or reject something. The issue of dignity and abuse is not a science, but a morality.

By Staff Reporter
TopTV gets go-ahead to air porn
Article
/ 24 April 2013

TopTV gets go-ahead to air porn

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has granted pay channel Top TV rights to broadcast pornography, the regulator has said.

By Sapa
Naked truth about porn on television
Article
/ 22 March 2013

Naked truth about porn on television

The usual logical fallacies have been rolled out at Icasa to prevent TopTV from screening adult content.

By Jacques Rousseau
Porn is like meat: Ask how it is made before consuming it
Article
/ 18 March 2013

Porn is like meat: Ask how it is made before consuming it

On the issue of porn, Tanya Gold is with the Saudi Arabians: the freedom to watch a woman gag on a penis is not one she cherishes.

By Tanya Gold
Cash-strapped TopTV opens pornography case
Article
/ 14 March 2013

Cash-strapped TopTV opens pornography case

Pay-TV broadcaster On Digital Media, owner of TopTV, has set out a case in which it has argued that it should be allowed to broadcast X-rated content.

By Duncan McLeod
Body Language: Notes on a shifting fantasy
Article
/ 2 November 2012

Body Language: Notes on a shifting fantasy

Porn stars have generally left music feeling a bit dirty and used but most often they are reduced to pouting ciphers on dance tracks.

By Staff Reporter
Piracy puts porn’s dirty debutantes and woodsmen out of work
Article
/ 7 June 2012

Piracy puts porn’s dirty debutantes and woodsmen out of work

Illegal downloading is taking the XXX out of high-end adult movies, leading to "less porno" and more "romantico", writes Louis Theroux.

By Staff Reporter
Web policing a global challenge
Article
/ 31 May 2012

Web policing a global challenge

Whether it be child pornography or a politically sensitive painting, banning content widely distributed online is often pure symbolic futility.

By Phillip De Wet
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Article
/ 14 February 2012

Kids’ party gets more than it bargained for

Police aren’t filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of the <em>Smurfs</em> at his child’s birthday party.

By Staff Reporter
Shake-up at the top of TopTV
Article
/ 3 February 2012

Shake-up at the top of TopTV

Adding to recent feuds over a porn channel, more changes are on the cards for satellite network TopTV, as its parent company’s CEO looks set to walk.

By Lloyd Gedye
No image available
Article
/ 18 January 2012

Cosatu rails against TopTV porn channels

Cosatu says the three proposed 24 hour adult channels from TopTV, showing pornographic films, will exploit and demean women and girls.

By Staff Reporter
Launch of TopTV’s porn channels threatened
Article
/ 14 January 2012

Launch of TopTV’s porn channels threatened

The South Gauteng High Court will only decide next week whether TopTV can launch three new pornography channels on January 20.

By Nickolaus Bauer
No image available
Article
/ 10 January 2012

TopTV to battle Icasa for 24-hour porn channel

TopTV says it will be at the South Gauteng High Court on Friday to fight Icasa’s interdict to stop it from launching a 24-hour pornography channel.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 12 December 2011

Church mistakenly directs devotees to porn site

Filipino Catholics were mistakenly told to go to a pornographic website on Monday to watch the streaming of ceremonies installing a new archbishop.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 7 December 2011

Porn star Sunny Leone causes a stir in India — by keeping clothes on

Leone challenges country’s conservative attitudes to pornography by staying on best behaviour.

By Staff Reporter
Facebook looking into offensive image reports
Article
/ 15 November 2011

Facebook looking into offensive image reports

Facebook says it’s investigating reports that some members of the social network are receiving graphic images in their news feeds.

By Staff Reporter
Who’s your granddaddy now?
Article
/ 28 October 2011

Who’s your granddaddy now?

He is a prolific artiste who has appeared in more than 350 films, but Shigeo Tokuda gets little recognition in the streets of Tokyo.

By Justin Mccurry
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