Nine women have been found dead in Ekurhuleni, yet political responses remain trapped in task teams and summits. It is time to dismantle the deeper structural systems fuelling…
The discovery of multiple murdered women in Ekurhuleni highlights the stark inequalities and systemic flaws in how South African authorities and media respond to femicide and…
With a woman murdered every three hours in South Africa, the tragic discoveries in Ekurhuleni highlight the urgent need to dismantle systemic failures and confront the…
Living in constant anticipation of violence has become an exhausting norm for South African women. Addressing the femicide crisis requires structural accountability and…
As immigration debates and anti-migrant tensions intensify across South Africa, fostering constructive national dialogue and establishing a commission of inquiry are crucial to…
Growing up as a Zimbabwean migrant in South Africa, Kimberly Mabaso reflects on how invisible borders and xenophobia challenge the true meaning of belonging, far beyond what…
Assistive technology is essential for education, employment, and independence, yet millions across South Africa and the continent face severe access and affordability barriers.
As aid cuts threaten essential healthcare and disillusionment grows, Africa faces a vital opportunity to renew and reimagine a human rights agenda fit for 21st-century realities.
The University of the Western Cape is conferring an honorary doctorate on Advocate Adila Hassim SC, honouring her career in public interest litigation, human rights advocacy, and…
What began as a response to gendered fear in Cape Town has become the After 8 Sistahood—a movement transforming public spaces, confronting spatial apartheid, and asserting…
The passing of Cambridge sociologist Professor Jason Arday marks the loss of an intellectual force who challenged colonial epistemologies and championed Black radical scholarship…
This article critically examines the populist governance style in Tshwane, South Africa, contrasting it with the social democratic politics exemplified by Zohran Mamdani in New…
Every August, South Africa celebrates the strength of its women, often praising them for carrying burdens that should never have been placed on them. This article argues for a…
Professor Jason Arday, the youngest black professor at Cambridge, was driven to suicide by relentless media attacks over plagiarism accusations, a fate not shared by white…
South Africa celebrates Women's Day, but for many, the reality is far from the promise of a life free from violence and discrimination. This article critically examines the gap…
Universities are ethical institutions. They shape how society thinks, argues, judges and imagines its future. At their best, they cultivate critical reason, democratic judgment…
A recent mine collapse in Nkaneng, Rustenburg, highlights South Africa's illegal mining crisis as the government introduces the General Mining Laws Amendment Bill. The bill…
South Africa has become good at counting women in leadership. We count how many women sit on boards, how many occupy executive positions and how many have entered senior…
Fourteen years after the tragedy at Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana, the 16 August 2012 massacre remains a significant event in South Africa’s democratic history. The state’s…
This thought-provoking article explores the often-unseen complexities of rural communities in South Africa, drawing parallels from film portrayals to institutional engagements.…
