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According to Sanja Bornman, an attorney for Lawyers for Human Rights, many trans people are in prisons that do not match their gender identity, in South Africa and globally. (John McCann/M&G)
COUNTRY

Cruel warders target trans inmates

A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously

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7 min read
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

New SANRAL policy pushes transformation in construction and engineering sectors

Roads agency commits to maximising involvement of black South Africans in all of its processes

  • Rumana Akoob
5 min read
The disciplinary panel accepted the evidence brought against attorney Henk Smith
COMMISSION FOR CONCILIATION

LRC allows ‘harasser’ to resign

The scandal-hit lawyer has picked up where he left off with cases, frustrating his female accusers

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8 min read
Both Section27 and Sonke Gender Justice released statements saying they would revise their sexual harassment policies
EQUAL EDUCATION

NGOs tighten up on sexual harassment policies

Organisations in the sector have vowed to review their policies on sexual misconduct

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1 min read
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer.
DEBBIE SCHAFER

W. Cape suspends Equal Education’s school operations after sexual harassment claims

Education MEC Debbie Schäfer said that the allegations of sexual harassment – revealed last week by the Mail & Guardian — were “most concerning”

  • Rumana Akoob
2 min read
When women cannot make the choice to complain and be accorded due process in the workplace because they will be exposed to harm and risky processes we are all compromised.
DORON ISAACS

Equal Education’s call for Doron Isaacs’ suspension after harassment allegations

The request was made in a letter sent to the civil society organisation’s National Council

  • Rumana Akoob
3 min read
The wall built by the Israeli government is used not just to imprison Palestinians but also cut Palestinians off from water supplies.
DAY ZERO

South Africa does not need the help of Israel to solve our drought

I believe that Israel does not see Palestinians as humans. But in South Africa we believe that access to clean water is the constitutional right

  • Rumana Akoob
3 min read