Rana Ayyub On Fascism In India
Around 2010 journalist and writer Rana Ayyub went undercover in Gujarat, India. Posing as an American film student armed with eight cameras, Ayyub managed...
DUT: Students Afraid To Go To Campus After Student Was Fatally...
Two weeks ago, 18-year-old first-year engineering student Sandile Ndlovu was fatally stabbed in a lecture hall at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). The...
Before Parliament, Ramaphosa Shows He Doesn’t Get It On GBV
OPINION
“Women should not have to protect themselves from men. They should feel safe and secure with us as men,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa during...
Global Climate Strike: Where In SA You Can Take Action
An intergenerational global climate strike is happening. From September 20-27, thousands of people around the world will be taking to the streets to demand...
ASEAN Should Show True Leadership On Rohingya This General Assembly
COMMENT
Two years on, Asia is no closer to ending its worst refugee crisis in decades. Over 900,000 Rohingya are in Bangladesh alone, including 759,000...
In Pictures: The #SandtonShutdown Protest Against Gender-Based Violence And Femicide
On Friday, hundreds of people marched to Sandton, the business hub of the country, to protest gender-based violence and femicide, inspired by the news...
Woman As Citizen – (As Forgotten)
COMMENT
In the wake of gender-based violence, a number of men in the Republic have taken to social media and other platforms; decrying the actions...
South Africa: Our Morally Unconscionable State the Needs Systemic Political Reform
COMMENT
South Africa, unlike most countries that fail, has not fallen prey to any nefarious outside interference or simply succumbed to the incompetence of our...
Our Mothers’ Warnings Will Never Be Enough
COMMENT
Twenty-first birthdays in South Africa, while legally non-significant, often still carry much pomp and ceremony surrounding the idea of fully-fledged adulthood. Symbolic keys “to...
Would Suspending Freedoms Help To End Gender-Based Violence?
NEWS ANALYSIS
“Violence against women has become more than a national crisis. It is a crime against our common humanity,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa during...
African Countries Demand Accountability For South African Xenophobia
South Africa has been gripped by xenophobic violence in the past years. For the past ten years or so, there have been repeated acts...
How The Government Is Ruining Its Own Plan To End Gender-Based...
NEWS ANALYSIS
The rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana has pushed into the spotlight the government’s failure to deal with gender-based violence (GBV). The...
How The Nation Is Mourning The Scourge Of Gender-based Violence In...
As the nation continues to mourn the status of women in South Africa, many have taken to the streets. Monday’s news that a 42-year-old...
Five Facts: Femicide In South Africa
The murder of a university student in South Africa has led to national soulsearching and debate over violence against women. Africa Check summarises the...
Greed And Politics Have Set Fire To The Amazon Rainforest
EXPLAINER
For days images of the burning Amazon Rainforest in Brazil swept social media. Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest. Every year parts of...
“Excluding Rape From Common Purpose Would Be Irrational,” ConCourt Hears
UPDATE: During the December 11 handing down of judgement, the Constitutional Court ruled that the doctrine of common purpose applies to the common...
Introducing South Africa’s ‘Integrity Icon’ Public Servants
South Africa has chosen it’s Integrity Icons: public servants who do what’s right even when no one is watching. Clinical audiologist from Mpumalanga Sakhile...
Shailja Patel On Her Exile: “The One Thing I Still Have...
Poet and political activist Shailja Patel announced on Tuesday she was going into self-imposed exile - leaving Kenya. Earlier this month Kenyan journalist Tony...
The Butchers Of Marikana Won
COMMENT
What to make of the fact that the people who set the Marikana massacre in motion now sit in South Africa’s halls of power?...
Disconnect Between Business And State Contributed To Marikana Massacre
COMMENT
The Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012, was a tragic and historic event in...
