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    A Safe Space At UCKAR: The BACK.TALK Womxn’s Collective Poster-Making Workshop

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    Stationary and paper clippings litter the floor of the Rhodes University Fine Art Department. As you enter, you are greeted with gentle music and...

    How the July unrest could shape #LGE2021 in KwaZulu Natal

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    In July 2021, unrest broke out in KwaZulu Natal and rapidly spread across the province. With elections just around the corner, the July protests...

    Beyond The Gender Summit: Where To From Here

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    NEWS ANALYSIS A number of steps have been taken to address the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide in South Africa since The Total...

    Malema And Rape As A Metaphor

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    It is disturbing enough to hear someone use rape as a metaphor in casual conversation. It's even worse when the leader of a political...

    Equal Education: Alternative Report Questions ‘Exoneration’ Of Doron Isaacs

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    On Tuesday, following the earlier release of the report of an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against the Equal Education co-founder and treasurer Doron...

    Understanding Consent – an explainer

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    We have a murky understanding of consent. This is partly why there was explosion of responses to the Grace/ Aziz Ansari incident that took place...

    Izwi Lami: Reporting rape when the police don’t take you seriously

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    Despite rape being a serious problem in South Africa, some police officers still don’t know how to treat rape survivors properly. After being raped at...

    We can only end gender violence if we stop making excuses...

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    If we are to end violence against womyn* and children, we need to stop making excuses for men, writes GULSHAN KHAN. It was during the...

    KZN Churches Call On Communities To Say No To Femicide And...

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    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...

    16 Days of Activism: how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong

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    South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN’s annual international 16 Days of Activism Against...

    “I can’t do anything to protect myself”: Homeless women on dangers...

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    Homeless women and women who live in shelters are among society’s most vulnerable. They have no walls to protect them from violence, fists, or...

    How Workplaces Should React To Sexual Harassment Complaints

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    Two South African civil society organisations faced sexual harassment allegations against prominent employees in the past year. The civil society #MeToo exposed many of...

    Taxify Terror: “I am now living in fear because the driver...

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    Taxify SA has heavily criticised following several reports of misconduct by its drivers. Nomonde Siziba*, 22, from Cape Town is one of the women...

    #WalkForFreedom: Capetonians take a stand against modern-day slavery

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    Human trafficking still exists, both internationally and locally, yet not many South Africans are aware of it. On Saturday international advocacy group A21 held...

    BDS-SA Respond To Desai Allegations

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    Boycott Divestment And Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) has responded to the sexual harassment and indecent assault allegations levelled against co-founder Muhammed Desai. The Daily...

    Izwi Lami: a tech tool for rape survivors

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    The pervasiveness of rape in South Africa means there are many survivors in need of tools that empower them. Online platform Health-e News launched a campaign...

    Total Shutdown Organisers: We Will Not Be Intimidated Or Distracted

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    The Total Shutdown organisers welcome that the statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), announcing...

    Safety concerns mount as thousands flock to Durban beaches

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    Thousands of people have descended on the city of Durban for the festive season, with many people taking advantage of the sunny weather to...

    Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the latest politician to victim-blame abused women

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    ANC presidential hopeful, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the latest to join the long list of politicians who have said questionable things about gender-based violence. We...

    “Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims

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    After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...