Black Women
latest news & developments
The proposed Transformation Fund aims to work with and for black women
It advocates for SMMEs owned by women, addresses problems women have with financing and targets sectors such as agriculture, where women labourers are concentrated
Johannesburg: A city laid bare in lines of poetry
Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants
uNomkhubulwane and songs of the water spirits
Nduduzo Makhathini unpacks the philosophy and traditions behind his new album
Heads up: Artist is firing up a ceramic storm
Zizipho Poswa’s new series of ceramic works celebrates black women via an expressive abstract language
Art meets philanthropy as Zanele Muholi embarks on a new chapter
The photographer has created a nurturing space for young creatives to tell their own stories by setting up the Muholi Art Institute in Cape Town
Government’s liquified petroleum gas strategy fails smaller players
The government should create an enabling environment for black women business owners to become less reliant on de facto monopolies in the industry
Editorial: We have all shielded powerful abusers
How many R Kellys are we harbouring? It’s a difficult question for all.
Editorial: Black women’s burden
Viewing black women as strong and resilient does them a disservice
‘Ngibambeni, ngibambeni bomama!’ Refiguring Princess Magogo
The official historiography of Princess Magogo misses the nuances and influences of the many women in her life
The Sisterhood: Reviving the evidence of things not seen
The Sisterhood reminds us that Black women are always our own antidote, our own cure. It was a refuge and refusal conceived by women who cared even when they didn’t have to
Inside the circle: A review of Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartmanilluminates the perspectives of young Black women through a vividly cinematic narrative where we are positioned to view the world through their eyes.
Court victory for 400 000 elderly black women
An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to…
Women on the streets of smart cities
Apps like My Safetipin and Safe Pace are making the public sphere safer
Ain’t no mountain high enough
An all-women African team, which includes a climber who was part of the disastrous 1996 climb, plans to summit Mount Everest in 2020
Women in the Environment
Winner: PINK