#sexistSA: When sports fans get mean, it’s just not cricket
I have never written a book but I am a lover of literature. I am not a chef but I enjoy fine dining. And...
Dr Tlaleng On Advocating For Sexual Rights
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Doctor Tlaleng Mokokeng is an internationally renowned health activist, doctor and writer. In her latest book Dr T: Guide To Sexual Health and...
The Weekly Dissident: Myesha Jenkins, socialist, feminist, internationalist “race” woman
In the Weekly Dissident today, Mphutlane wa Bofelo converses with feminist activist and poet, Myesha Jenkins.
MwB: I understand that you only started writing upon...
#TwerkFest: A safe space for black, queer womxn
This Friday is #TwerkFest in Cape Town - a fundraising social event celebrating and claiming space for black, queer *womxn. The space attempts to...
Ada Hegerberg Deserves RESPECT
It's nearly the end of 2018 and we are still having the exact same conversations about women in football. Conversations constantly arise calling for...
From government officials to social media creatives, rape culture is everywhere
When comments and videos perpetuating rape culture are left unchecked, what message is being sent to survivors and victims of sexual violence?
A popular South...
#ThisIsMyVagina: inspiration for women in male-dominated spaces
Naledi Chirwa, the national spokesperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC), recently told women and girls to take ownership of their vaginas...
Mam’ Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Legacy Is Still A Site Of Struggle
South Africa, is a country that is inhibited by ghosts trying to find their homes and it is a country that knows no justice....
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...
Unfair practices against black and female lawyers are ‘plain for everybody...
Black lawyers are frustrated by the unequal treatment they are receiving from the South African government and the sidelining of black women legal practitioners....
SexistSA: Where women’s safety in public spaces is unimaginable
Since the uproar from last week’s #TaxiRape story - that a group of men in a minibus taxi has reportedly been picking women up,...
The Place Of Sara Baartman At UCT
The label “Hottentot Venus†continues to haunt our memory of Sara Baartman. This moniker, used in Jean Reaux’s posters to advertise the exhibit of...
#sexistSA: I am not obliged to be attracted to you
AAISHA DADI PATEL asked students at Wits University to share their experiences of everyday harassment and sexism. This is what she found.
Have you experienced...
The Daily Vox joins Izwi Lami anti-rape campaign
An anti-rape campaign by Health-e News invites rape survivors to share their stories, contact counselling services and campaign for packages of care.
Before rape becomes...
5 Books To Read About Gender-Based Violence
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...
Gender Based Violence law amendments could do more harm
Covid-19 has exposed so many cracks in South African society, gender-based violence being one of them. Public participation in government is so important. That...
Equal Education and Doron Isaacs: Setting The Record Straight
As former employees of Equal Education (EE), who recently left our positions, we have been deeply troubled by the release of former High Court...
Why Women’s Month in South Africa is a waste of time
Here's a joke: Women’s Month.
In South Africa, August is dedicated to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on August 9...
Editorial: What to make of Women’s Month
It's already August, and, although we weren't trying to make a big deal about Women's Month, it just sort of happened.
The department of arts...
Mishka Hoosen at Time of the Writer 2016
This year's Time of the Writer festival has already served up fascinating conversations about what exactly knowledge is, and how we relate to books....
