National Women S Day

Changing damaging socio-cultural norms that justify discrimination against women is a powerful form of resistance

The project allows girl learners to interact with successful role models who utilise maths in their careers

A safe place where women can let their hair down

So many strong black women are marginalised and forgotten — and their roles seen as expected and natural

Cape Town-born human rights activist, who challenged the conditions of black miners, who were abused as cheap labour on instructions of arch British imperialists such as Barney…

For the past three weeks, big business, government and your garden-variety Instagram influencer have turned themselves into women’s rights activists

Clinical psychologist

‘Clearly our universities are no welcoming safe spaces for women,’ writes Lukhona Mnguni

‘Today, women might be politically free like all other South Africans, but they remain enslaved in the shackles of a predatory patriarchy’

Women’s Day marks the protest of women against apartheid policies. But six decades on black women have yet to fully embrace feminism as a discourse.

Let’s not patronise women with public holidays, holidays and meaningless events. Rather give women the space and opportunity to inspire each other.

Freedom from oppression is only a reality for a fortunate few women in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance said on National Women’s Day.