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The RAF will not compensate people who deliberately get themselves injured by vehicles

The RAF does not compensate someone who intentionally causes a motor vehicle accident, even if this results in serious injuries

Standard Bank Top Women Awards 2024 announce this year’s winners

The Standard Bank Top Women Awards 2024, one of South Africa’s most prestigious celebrations of women’s leadership and excellence, is proud to announce the winners of this year’s…

Top Women Conference 2024: A platform for leadership and change to “Rise Above the Noise!”

Standard Bank’s Top Women Conference 2024 called for delegates to continue championing women’s empowerment and driving positive change in their communities and organisations

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2024: A premier event for networking, inspiration, and women’s professional growth

Celebrating its 9th year, the conference continues to empower women in leadership across various industries

McDonald’s South Africa’s Women in Conversation highlights progress and challenges in corporate spaces 

The event is a safe space for women to share their experiences and support one another

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. (Gallo Images / The Times / Simphiwe Nkwali)

South Africa is ready for a woman chief justice

Although the debate about whether the country is ready for a woman chief justice is absurd and misogynistic, the answer is a resounding yes — and it is long overdue

‘Comrade Editor’: Gwen Lister pictured in the offices of The Windhoek Advertiser. (Photo: Courtesy of Gwen Lister/Tafelberg)

Hier kom Lister! On the ‘Comrade Editor’s’ lifelong commitment to activism and journalism

Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence

Crisis response and accountability: Should leaders’ gender matter?

Women leaders are lauded for their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the data is often cherry-picked

Former president of Malawi, Dr Joyce Banda, argued that the success of economic integration and development will be attained only when women are “fully integrated into national and regional economies as equal actors and beneficiaries”.

25 Years after Beijing: Changing the script about women’s leadership

Women in Africa should not be viewed as having ‘special negotiating skills’. Instead, we should motivate for more women in leadership positions because of their equality as…

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Africa is more pro-women leadership than most of the world according to study

McKinsey & Company’s Women Matter report shows there is still a long way to go despite advances made in attaining gender parity on the continent.

Women leaders not recognised

Women leaders not recognised

It’s not about numbers but a mind change that acknowledges the value of their roles.

These are no wounded souls

It is disappointing and hurts that African women are the subject of disparaging rage and hostility from fellow women, who, unwittingly, inflict pain.