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South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war
CHOICE ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT

Gender-based violence is a barrier to achieving development agenda

Modern development strategies often recognise the pivotal importance of enabling women to fulfill their potential and contribute effectively to their economies. Yet they fail to…

  • Tlaleng Mofokeng
5 min read
When ‘culture’ clashes with gender rights
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When ‘culture’ clashes with gender rights

Ukuthwala is a practice that involves the abduction and forced marriage of girls who are frequently under-aged.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Let someone else save the planet
COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY

Let someone else save the planet

The South African National Aids Council’s strategic plan is far too broad to be effective.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY

Diversity leads to better companies

South Africa is a nation of diversity, with over 50-million people and a wide variety of cultures, languages and religious beliefs.

  • Sponsored Feature
7 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Fix the gender machine

The creation of another structure in the form of a ministry to promote the rights of women, alongside other disempowered groups, is ill-considered.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
CHANA MAJAKE

Taxi body offers apology over miniskirt attack

A national taxi body is to apologise to the woman who was sexually assaulted at Johannesburg’s Noord Street taxi rank last month. ”We would like publicly apologise to her … we…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
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Sugar-cane murder accused appear in court

The case against a 36-year-old man accused of murdering 10 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields was remanded on Friday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s…

  • Giordano Stolley
3 min read
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Former SA ambassador to Indonesia dies

Former ambassador to Indonesia Norman Mashabane (51) has died in a car accident outside Polokwane, police confirmed on Thursday. Inspector Lesiba Ramoshaba said a 20-year-old…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read