He came to power as a compromised figure. He survived a rape trial. He factionalised the ANC and under his watch, SOEs reached a point of implosion
Even in death, the woman many chose to forget was used as a pawn in a political game
The ANC president’s conciliatory approach to his predecessor doesn’t please all his supporters
Sexual assault survivors are silenced by societal prejudice, lack of support from their community or family, secondary trauma and rape myths.
Pastors who use biblical texts to justify what is ‘natural’ perpetuate gender violence
The ANC national conference is looming, and presidential candidates have been using every cheap trick in the book to win at Nasrec.
Kebby Maphatsoe, wary of Western ‘agents’, derides Ramaphosa as the white people’s darling
It’s not enough to report dispassionately on sexual predation. We have to lobby where the law fails
The hopefuls all bury their individuality to be slaves to party dogma
‘Speaking out against power and its abuses can lead to a great deal more abuse being directed at the accuser’
Redi Tlhabi’s book is an engrossing insight into how South African society conspired to throw the president’s accuser to the wolves
In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause
Perhaps we as a society are accustomed to men playing the role of aggressor and predator, because we have witnessed it time and again
The men who lead us are complicit in the abuse of women in South Africa
Every week on the radio and in the newspapers it was the same names and faces.
The public needs to know that it can take many forms and responses to it can differ widely.
The prevention of gender-based violence must become the starting point and not an afterthought.
It’s 174 pages long, so you’ll need to have a strong stomach to get through it
Monday prevailed on a sombre note as we mourned the passing of Khwezi, whose real name was Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo.
The ANCWL has sent its condolences to the family of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo who died on Saturday.
Kuzwayo was known to South Africans as "Khwezi" to protect her identity after multiple threats.
Anger over the government’s absolute failure to tackling gender-based violence has seen a resurgence of gender activism – and it’s young and militant.
The silent protest on Saturday brought the fabric and its importance back into public consciousness. Ra’eesa Pather unpacks its origin and meaning.
Stay calm – but (not just you Helen Zille) please shut up!