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Gender-based violence
How After Hours Game Shows Mental Illness
After Hours is a video game that deals with gender-based violence and Borderline Personality Disorder. It was created by Bahiyya Khan, a 23-year-old Experimental Storytelling Masters student at the University of Witwatersrand. She got into…
Total Shutdown Organisers: We Will Not Be Intimidated Or Distracted
The Total Shutdown organisers welcome that the statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), announcing that a docket opened against them was invalidated by senior police management.…
Case Against Total Shutdown GP Canned By Police Top Brass
UPDATE: In a media statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, on Monday afternoon, National Commissioner spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the docket against the Total Shutdown…
In Pictures: The #TotalShutdown March In Pretoria
Spirits were heightened as womxn* gathered at the old Putco depot in Pretoria on Wednesday before the Total Shutdown march began. We were singing and dancing and chanting. There were black, Indian, white and coloured womxn, lesbians,…
#TotalShutDown in Durban: “I Am Here To Send A Strong Message”
On Wednesday scores of women and gender non-conforming people marched in the streets of Durban to the City Hall over violence against women and children as part of the total shutdown to mark the start of women's month.…
#TotalShutdown: “We Are Dying At The Hands Of Men, It Has To Stop”
In a sea of black and red, thousands of womxn* from all over Gauteng gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to take a stand against gender-based violence. The Total Shutdown - as the action was called - took place across the country and…
In Defence Of Safe Spaces
Safe spaces are often mocked and misunderstood. Those who are excluded from certain safe spaces feel discriminated against or feel that it is a threat to democracy. Perhaps the problem lies with not understanding what a safe space and its…
KZN Churches Call On Communities To Say No To Femicide And Children Abuse
Following a public outcry over violence and femicide, KwaZulu-Natal churches have called on all communities to stand together and say no to the scourge and other persistent social ills including substance abuse. EThekwini Community Church’s…
Zolile Khumalo’s Murder Accused Abandons Bail Application
Father of the slain Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo says he hopes justice will take its course following the accused's abandoned bail application on Tuesday. Murder accused Thabani Mzolo briefly appeared at…
A Luta Continua: Youth Day Is Futile For Young South Africans
The class of 1976 have inspired many uprisings and protests from what many people have termed “born frees”. These youngsters have challenged our democracy and have exposed the flaws in our education system, institutional racism, systemic…
The Stigmas Of Sex Work – To Be ‘Blessed And Slaying’
Over the last three years a new tagline of a type of sex work has populated much of social media under the name of Blesser Lifestyle. In what has been glamourised on social media platforms, mostly on Instagram with women posting pictures of…
The Women Of Waqf Are Claiming Their Right To Pray In The Mosque
What began as a means for women to form a spiritual community and pray their salaah in congregation during the holy month of Ramadan has exposed a deeply rooted patriarchy and toxic masculinity in the Johannesburg Muslim community. A group…
“Many Women Die At The Hands Of ‘Loved Ones’. I Will Be One Of Them Someday.”
Over the weekend, a 27-year-old woman from Glenwood was hit and strangled by her partner who also attempted to throw her off the building in full view of her neighbours. Nosipho Ngubo* spoke to The Daily Vox about the incident and the…
The NYDA Needs To Drive Youth Proactiveness
South Africa’s youth faces many social challenges, which many feel are not being adequately addressed. From unemployment, poverty and inequality, disengaging in the labour market is leaving many young people disgruntled. According to the…
Womxn are not safe, even in activist spaces
Recent revelations of alleged sexual misconduct at civil organisation Equal Education (EE) by three senior male staff members remind us that organisations and movements driving social change do not guarantee the safety of women. It’s a…
Zackie Achmat Doesn’t Get Reverse Onus
On The Eusebius McKaiser Show on Wednesday, we finally got to hear the voice behind the man accused of protecting accused sexual predator and Equal Education (EE) co-founder Doron Isaacs. Zackie Achmat, a prominent activist in South Africa,…
#JusticeForNoura: CSVR Condemns Death Sentence For Abuse Victim
“We reject the verdict given to Noura Hussein for the reason that in our view Noura should not be treated as a criminal but as a survivor,” the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation’s (CSVR) gender specialist Nonhlanhla…
Believing Survivors Of Sexual Violence
When someone comes forward with an allegation of sexual assault, harassment, or rape, we as a society need to believe them from the outset. All too often we forget that rape is in fact the crime. Reporting it isn’t. But we shame the…
Burn Survivor Thembi Maphanga: It Started With Emotional Abuse
The furore around Babes Wodumo, radio personality Masechaba Ndlovu, and domestic abuse has sparked outrage on social media, with many people attacking Masechaba for what they believe was an “ambush”, when she revealed on her Metro FM radio…
Slain MUT Student Zolile Khumalo Was A Peaceful Child, Says Family
Family members of the late Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo said they are shocked by their daughter’s alleged killer's behavior in court, following the accused pulled a zap sign to journalists in front of the…