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Nelson Mandela University’s march against GBV in 2019. On the far right is the university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Sibongile Muthwa.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

The Politics of Fear: What It Means to Be a Woman in South Africa

Living in constant anticipation of violence has become an exhausting norm for South African women. Addressing the femicide crisis requires structural accountability and…

  • Jodene M Louw
9 min read
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

After 8 Sistahood: reclaiming nights and feminist joy in segregated cities

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…

  • Amrita Pande
11 min read
BUSINESS

South Africa’s gender pay gap leaves women behind

Just 3% of chief executives of JSE-listed companies are female

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read