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Poet and healer: vangile gantsho, says the G20 Women’s National Shutdown campaign is essential due to the lack of safety of women in South Africa. Photo: Gerard Nartey Photography
ARTS AND ACTIVISM

This is an emergency: The G20 women’s shutdown and the crisis SA can’t ignore

A nationwide shutdown on 21 November demands GBVF be declared a National Disaster, confronting government inaction as the world’s leaders arrive

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
8 min read
Graphic: John McCann
9 AUGUST

Misogyny is in a smirk, a meme or in violence

Hatred of women persists, influencing them to internalise inferiority. Resistance is to challenge patriarchal norms and curated femininities

  • Paige Benton
5 min read