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‘We also need radical change in what is socially accepted and to undo power relationships that enable and protect perpetrators of sexual violence,’ writes Philip Machanick
GENDER VIOLENCE

Rhodes must stop treating rapists like victims

The university senate is fighting over the limited execution of a limited sexual violence strategy

  • Philip Machanick
6 min read
Khensani Maseko was buried at the Calgro M3 Memorial Park in Nasrec on Thursday. Her family, in a reference to her rape by her former boyfriend, condemned all violence against women. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Rhodes rages after suicide

Has the university, rocked by protests in 2016, done enough to address gender violence?

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Maseko was an active member of the Rhodes student body, who had been elected to be on the SRC and had been voted Miss Varsity for the 2017/2018 year.
KHENSANI MASEKO

Rhodes SRC calls for academic shutdown in honour of student’s death

Khensani Maseko is alleged to have taken her own life as a result of a rape

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Unresolved: Rhodes vice-chancellor Sizwe Mabizela speaks to students protesting against sexual violence in 2016
GORATA CHENGETA

#RUReferenceList: The fear of repercussions still lingers

For many who remember what happened in 2016, it’s ‘safer’ to stay silent as students are afraid they’ll be punished

  • Gorata Chengeta
9 min read
A Rhodes University student blows a whistle during a protest against sexual violence in the institution.
RHODES UNIVERSITY

Life expulsion from Rhodes for ‘conduct beyond lawful boundaries’

​Two unnamed student activists have been expelled for life from Rhodes University, while protesting against rape culture at the university.

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
DANNY JORDAAN

Media must be rape activists, not bystanders

It’s not enough to report dispassionately on sexual predation. We have to lobby where the law fails

  • Staff Reporter
8 min read
Pep Guardiola believes Aguero
NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY

Nelson Mandela University students threaten shutdown after rape, stabbing on campus

A female student was raped and another stabbed last night at a computer lab at the Second Avenue campus in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth.

  • Bongekile Macupe
2 min read
Plea for peace: A student protestor at the University of the Witwatersrand takes part in a demonstration in support of the free education movement and against violence on university campuses.
FEESMUSTFALL

A liberation reimagined takes root

Protesting students have opened a door to the future and there must be no going back

  • Raeesa Pather
8 min read
In the M&G this week – Guptas
BEYONCE

In the M&G this week – Guptas, Please call me and the DA’s list fail

From startling insights from the Guptas’ former guards to an interview with Mr Please Call Me – what to expect in this week’s Mail & Guardian.

  • Staff Writer
2 min read
University campuses are a hotbed of rape culture.
RUREFERENCELIST

How universities can begin to tackle rape culture

University campuses are widely recognised as prime locations for rape culture. What can be done about this reality?

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read