Commission On Gender Equality
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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…
When ‘culture’ clashes with gender rights
Ukuthwala is a practice that involves the abduction and forced marriage of girls who are frequently under-aged.
Let someone else save the planet
The South African National Aids Council’s strategic plan is far too broad to be effective.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…