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...
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...
Rhodes University Students Mourn The Death Of Khensani Maseko
Students at Rhodes University are mourning the death of third year law student, Khensani Maseko. Maseko was allegedly raped by her then-boyfriend in May...
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...
#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...
#TotalShutdown: “We Are Dying At The Hands Of Men, It Has...
In a sea of black and red, thousands of womxn* from all over Gauteng gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to take a stand...
Pretoria Shutdown As Women And GNC People March Against GBV
On Wednesday, thousands of women and gender-nonconforming people took to the streets around Southern Africa. They were marching against the scourge of gender-based violence...
#100MenMarch: Not Nearly Enough
Large crowds of men scare me. I just don't feel safe around men - particularly unfamiliar men. It's in large crowds of men that...
Durbanites: A Public Sex Offenders List Is Overdue
The Daily News recently reported that there is an increasing public outcry for a complete sex offenders register to be established so that people...
KZN Churches Call On Communities To Say No To Femicide And...
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...
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...
National Shutdown Planned Against Gender-Based Violence
An organisation of feminist and gender activists is calling for a Total Shutdown and Intersectional Women's March Against Gender-based Violence on August 1. It...
The Real Problem With Sexual Assault Scenes In 13 Reasons Why
Controversy has surrounded the popular American teen drama series 13 Reasons Why since the release of season one in March of 2017. At its...
Making An HIV-Free Future Possible For KZN Girls
In the rolling green hills of the uMgungundlovu district in KwaZulu-Natal lies Vulindlela, a rural community often seen as the epicentre of the HIV...
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...
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...
#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...
#EECoverUp: Zackie Achmat Is Taking M&G To Press Ombudsman
Prominent activist Zackie Achmat said on Wednesday that he will be filing a complaint against the Mail & Guardian with the press ombudsman for...
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....
Women’s Organisations In South Africa Need Better Funding
Funding is perhaps the single biggest challenge facing women's shelters and anti-gender-based violence organisations in the country. The small amount of money government allocates...
