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The acquittal of the accused in 2021 by acting Judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi raised considerable debate about the subjective test on consent in terms of which an accused can plead that he held the genuine, if mistaken, belief that he was not acting against the will of the victim. (Photo credit should read HERMAN VERWEY/AFP via Getty Images)
ANELISA NGCAKANI

Coko vs S ruling: The case against a subjective test on consent in rape trials

Acting judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s acquittal of a rape suspect has raised controversy, but legal experts say the fault lay with legislators and not the court

  • Emsie Ferreira
9 min read
FAMILY

Society’s definitions of love don’t work for all of us

Everyone deserves all kinds of love; however, not receiving it does not make me any less worthy of being human, writes Paballo Chauke

  • Paballo Chauke
5 min read
Jade Palmer examines the gendered expectations of domestic labour and its effect on the interfamilial dynamic in Some time in February.
ALIA FARID
Video

Working alone, together: presenting the Wits Young Artist Award 2020 winners

Vick Bester, Pebofatso Mokoena and Jade Palmer, this year’s Wits Young Artist Award winners, each engage with with the particularities of the places where they live, inviting us…

  • Amie Soudien
8 min read