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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
Mixed signals: Democratic Alliance members marched alongside LGBTQIA+ people at the annual Cape Town Pride Parade. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
CAPE TOWN

The DA’s pledge to support LGBTQIA+ people is riddled with inconsistencies

The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community

  • Cassandra Roxburgh
6 min read