Impossible to evade GBV tsunami as South African women
During the first three weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown, government statistics recorded more than 120 000 victims. Across all racial, class, and ethnic backgrounds...
#TheWifeShowmax lights too many fires this week
Hlomu is back with Mqhele and we are not impressed with her decision. At the same time we have to understand the realities of...
Extract from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s Female Fear Factory
Female Fear Factory is the much-anticipated follow up to the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award winner Rape: A South African Nightmare. Like the...
7 non-fiction book releases to add to your TBR
As the year draws to a close, readers can usually expect the release of some really great non-fiction books. That’s definitely the situation with...
The GBVF Fund annual report is out
In February 2021, the president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the launch of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1. Now the annual report...
Murder of Johannesburg sex workers shows why South Africa must urgently...
The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg....
Gender-Based Violence victims are #NotJustANumber
With an additional 9556 people having had reported rape between July 1 2021 to September 20 2021, South Africa still remains the destination of...
Funding remains huge stumbling block for provision of GBV shelters
For those many women who survive GBV, and particularly intimate partner violence (IPV), shelters are an important safe space. They provide a space with...
If I was delivering the #SONA, I would prioritise…
On February 9, president Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his seventh state of the nation address. This speech is meant to report on the...
#TheWifeShowmax tackles serious issues this week
In the latest episodes of Showmax’s The Wife, the Zulu brothers face a taxi war with the Majola’s. All the while, Hlomu and Mqhele...
In Their Own Words: Itumeleng Letsoalo shares her story
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious matter. South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and gender nonconforming people in...
When men speak out against abuse they must be ready to...
In the name of a progressive politics, in the name of spaces of teaching and learning about the inequities of the world, we have...
Organisations Fighting Gender-based Violence in SA
We have put together a list of organisations fighting gender-based violence across the country.
Eastern Cape
Ikhwezi Women’s Support Centre Cathcart
Ikhwezi Women’s Support Centre is an...
