Hundreds marched to the Clareinch post office in Claremont to commemorate four years since her rape and murder
This is the country in which falling in love may be a death sentence and romance is being stabbed to death, remains dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the street
Artists whose work speaks against gender violence is art as activism that shows the need for more than 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
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The government has pledged funds to fight gender-based violence and femicide
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Through Umhlobo Wenene’s ‘Imiphanga’, writer Lidudumalingani remembers his mother connecting with the pain of others
In a world defined by gendered violence, what can we do differently?
Viwe Dalingozi’s story, like many others, is painful to read and write about. But in court it simply drags on like any other case. As we have written so many times, this cannot be the status quo.
The spirit of defiance against injustice that was captured by the Soweto Uprisings in 1976 can still be felt among young people in post-apartheid South Africa
It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders
There is no evidence to support the broadcaster’s claim that its employees had co-ordinated a plan to botch the president’s speech
From Uyinene Mrwetyana, Oliver Mtukudzi to Xolani Gwala, Mail & Guardian remembers those who have passed on
"Women do not have the power to stop rape. We cannot simply break our silence or act in certain ways to effect change."
The articles ‘seek to impinge on the dignity of all the black women academics’ involved
Strong policies are not enough – we need secure physical spaces and societal mobilisation
How do the courts ensure proper compensation for the loss of Uyinene Mrwetyana and Michael Komape
Their inability to deal internally with sexual and gender-based violence cases ripples over into their jobs as parliamentarians
We must create cultures and norms
in all spheres of society that condemn gendered attacks
And where economic reforms are concerned, a slayer in shining armour would be welcome