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Sipho Pityana has accused the Absa Group and Absa Bank boards of attacking his constitutional right to defend his name in court and of jeopardising the principles of good corporate governance.(Photo credit RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)
ABSA

Absa firing is an attack on corporate governance — Sipho Pityana

Absa announced that the businessman was removed from its boards after being accused of acting against the banking group’s best interest

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Pervasive: A video of Lufuno Mavhunga being bullied at school went viral on social media. She took her life a day after the incident
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Principals put lid on learner abuse

The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and…

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
More than 100 women have come forward since October to accuse US film producer Harvey Weinstein of various degrees of sexual misconduct.
EQUAL EDUCATION

What the Harvey Weinstein case can teach us about a complainant-centred process

The verdict highlights a number of critical issues required to build systems, processes and advocacy when it comes to working in the space of gender-based violence

  • Crystal Dicks
8 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
CONDOMS

Men should embrace feminism

The feminist project is about equality and justice for all human beings, including men and boys

  • Eusebius McKaiser
8 min read
From June 19 to 27, an underground strike was staged at the Lanxess chrome mine, during which workers demanded that management immediately suspend and discipline an alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COUNTRY

Numsa strike against sexual harassment is a ‘powerful moment in labour history’

Almost 300 workers went on strike to force management to deal with a longstanding harassment allegation.

  • Erica Emdon
8 min read
Some female staffers who testified before the committee told the M&G that they are pleased with the headline findings of the inquiry. (Reuters)
AFRICAN UNION

African Union’s internal inquiry reveals full extent of sexual harassment

Damning findings show that sexual harassment is rife within the African Union Commission

  • Simon Allison
3 min read
The United Nations special rapporteur on data and privacy protection says South Africa is dragging its feet behind other countries when it comes to implementing legislation that is supposed to safeguard the personal information of citizens.
BARBARA WATSON

‘Senior SABC managers and HR covered up sexual harassment’ – report

A recent report into instances of sexual harassment at the embattled broadcaster found managers collude with and cover up for alleged perpetrators

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Demonstrators at a Time’s Up rally in London. The initiative was launched in response to the #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein scandal. (Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
GENDER INEQUALITY

Watch where you put your hands, oaf !

Men need to overhaul learnt views of their power over and rights to women

  • Melanie Judge 1
7 min read
Mail & Gaurdian
ABUSE

Editorial: Power corrupts ― even in our respected NGOs

‘As the M&G turns its focus to allegations of abuse of power in the NGO space, our work has been met with hostility. And it has left us perplexed’

  • Editorial
5 min read
A Bangladeshi woman works at a garment factory in Dhamrai
AGENCY

H&M, Gap to probe sexual harassment in factories

Fashion giants vowed to investigate reports that garment workers who supply stores routinely face sexual harassment, verbal and physical abuse

  • Agency
2 min read
A protest to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape
ALKA KURIAN

#MeToo is riding a new wave of feminism in India

In the early 21st century, millennial Indian women launched a radically new kind of feminist politics that had not been seen before.

  • Alka Kurian
6 min read
Outrage about sexual harassment
BARNABY BARRATT

Are men, by their nature, brutish?

Men will only really change if they are willing to examine their fantasies and feelings authentically

  • Barnaby Barratt
6 min read
Most ominously for May, the Northern Irish party which props up her government threatened to break their alliance over reports of a special arrangement for the British province. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
AMBER RUDD

UK parliament sleaze row ‘clearing out’ bad behaviour

British MP Amber Rudd said that a scandal over sexual harassment was a "watershed moment" that was "clearing out" inappropriate behaviour.

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
This will hurt workers and their families by taking money from their pockets and making basic food and other living expenses more expensive, Cosatu said.
CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES

Rape claim tarnishes legal profession

Men, usually bosses, prey on fresh young lawyers who need to do their articles to qualify

  • Athandiwe Saba
7 min read