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The crowd at the Union Buildings on August 9 1956. About 20 000 women marched to Pretoria to protest against passes for black women.
WOMEN S RIGHTS

Cancel Women’s Day: South Africa’s annual insult to women

South Africa celebrates Women's Day, but for many, the reality is far from the promise of a life free from violence and discrimination. This article critically examines the gap…

  • Lionel Jean Michel
8 min read
Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa. Photo: Supplied.
BUSINESS

High levels of corruption cripple SA municipalities but government optimistic about improvements, Ramokgopa says

Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to…

  • Brian Sokutu
3 min read
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
The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay
GBVF

Making the register of sex offenders public vital for tackling GBVF rates

There needs to be a balance between protecting privacy and saving lives as South Africa debates publicising its sex offender registry

  • Livhuwani Malelelo
4 min read
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu
COMMERCIAL CRIME

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu debunks Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims in quarterly crime report

The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
During the global 16 days of activism campaign against violence against women and children, South African shelters for such victims fear a lack of funding could lead to many of them returning to their abusers or living on the streets.
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM

Women’s shelters face closure over government funding shortage

Shelters also worry about a repeat of the Life Esidemeni tragedy if the government does not provide adequate funding to fill the skills gap of workers

  • Umamah Bakharia
6 min read
Koketso Rathumbu Advocacy Specialist, GBVF Response Fund
BLACK QUEER

Embracing pride and progress: Reflecting on 35 years of LGBTQIA+ advocacy in Africa

Koketso Rathumbu and esteemed panelists unpacked how violence still impacts the LGBTQIA+ community and how this marginalised population is affected by stigma and persisting…

  • Koketso Rathumbu
7 min read
Advocate Shamila Batohi addresses the Private Sector Symposium against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. File photo
ILO

PSC launched to combat workplace GBVH 

The Private Sector Coalition brings SA businesses together to fight the scourge of gender-based violence and harassment

  • Derek Davey
15 min read
FEMICIDE

Austerity is a silent war on survivors of gender-based violence

The support systems that GBV survivors depend on are being damaged by cost cuts, making it harder for them to escape violence and seek justice

  • Kerryn Rehse
4 min read
File photo by Marco Longari/AFP
AGAPE YOUTH MOVEMENT

Young people fighting against gender-based violence

Socio-economic factors have contributed to an increase in crime

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay
365 DAY NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO END GENDER VIOLENCE

Good, bad & ugly: How SA’s fight against GBV & femicide is going

Almost 1 000 women were killed by their intimate partners over the past 12 years, but the government achieved just one in five of its targets to fight gender-based violence and…

  • Nicole Ludolph
7 min read
At least 66% of recent cases were performed by healthcare professionals, in an attempt to legitimise the practice. (David Harrison)
ENOCH GODONGWANA

Why civil society has agreed to attend another presidential summit on gender-based violence

So far, the government has merely passed the buck and failed dismally to create any coordinated response to the issue.

  • Sibongile Ndashe
18 min read
The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay
COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY

No progress on GBV council after more than R120mn donated, parliament told

The gender commission is unsure whether a governing body exists for the multi-billion National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence and Femicide

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read