Liesl Gerntholtz
latest news & developments
For communities in South Africa, climate change is now
SA has already warmed at a rate twice the global average, and climate change is making droughts in South Africa more extreme and more frequent
Giving survivors the care they need
Tintswalo Hospital in Acornhoek, Mpumalanga, is somewhat run down and in need of a coat of paint. From the outside there is little to suggest the 450-bed government hospital is…
Protecting rights of rape survivors
For many of us working in the gender-based violence sector, the defining images of 2006 will be those from the Jacob Zuma rape trial: headlines in newspapers promising details of…
An end to ‘vat en sit’
There are some very important aspects of the Civil Unions Bill that have been ignored in the public debate about the proposed legislation. If it is passed into law, it will have…
The law can work for women
On March 25, three organisations representing the rights of women, particularly those affected by gender-based violence, applied to the high court to intervene urgently in the…
Age and the right to choose
The Choice on the Termination of Pregnancy Act has survived yet another challenge by the "pro-life" movement, this time concerning the right of minors to terminate their…