Pregs Govender
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Ronnie Govender: ‘Unbowed, unbroken. I am of Africa’
The South African activist and man of letters, who died on 29 April 2021, used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture…
In the name of culture
Time to move past war cries and into real equality and a culture of human rights, says Pregs Govender.
Parliament pushed to reopen arms-deal debate
The National Assembly’s battered image could be restored if Parliament reopens discussions on the arms deal, an independent panel said on Tuesday.
Blind women’s bluff
In league with patriarchy: Once a proud fighter for women’s rights, the Women’s League is now reduced to a supporting role.
Six years on: Mbeki, the Aids dissident
President Thabo Mbeki remains an ”Aids dissident” who has told a biographer that he regrets bowing to pressure from his Cabinet to ”withdraw from the debate” over the disease…
Civil society: Gender and human rights
Aninka Claassens, Helene Combrinck, Zubeda Dangor, Zohra Dawood, Vuyiseka Dubula, Pregs Govender, Fatima Hassan and more …