Corporal punishment in the home: “If we don’t hit our children...
It has been exactly 20 years since corporal punishment was abolished in schools, but the South African Human Rights Commission has proposed that a...
In Photos: South Africa Joins Global Strike For Women
CIVICUS, Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), Tosunga Baninga, Social Justice, and other members of civil society and activist communities gathered at Constitution...
CPUT: a militarised campus is the new norm
After weeks of ongoing tensions, four expulsions, petrol-bombed buildings, the resignation of a dodgy vice chancellor and the temporary closure of campus due to...
Cape Town taxi route dispute remains unresolved
After two weeks of taxi violence in Cape Town, the situation has reportedly de-escalated. Daylin Mitchell, the provincial minister of transport, suspended the disputed...
All your musical faves are trash
Issues of gender-based violence and women’s safety in public spaces are always a national concern, and it seems some of our musical legends are...
Janna Jihad, 11-year-old journalist, wants South Africans to help Palestine
Eleven-year-old Janna Jihad made headlines in 2016 when she began reporting on the injustices that Palestinians were facing in Jerusalem, Hebron and Nablus. She...
Palestinian Journalist Janna Jihad On Being A Child Under Occupation
Twelve-year-old Janna Jihad has been labelled the world's youngest journalist. She comes from the West Bank in Palestine where she uses her voice to...
Global Support For Kashmir – One Year Since Lockdown
To mark one year since the Kashmir lockdown, several activists from around the world have shared messages of solidarity for the people of Kashmir.
August...
Fattis Mansion residents question the legality of their forced eviction
Residents of Fattis Mansions on the corner of Jeppe and Harrison Street in the Johannesburg CBD were forcefully evicted by close to 200 Red...
Maytha Alhassen And Natalia Molebatsi On Afro-Palestinian Solidarity
"We have to speak about our solidarity with the people of Palestine. It is urgent and it is important," South African poet and writer...
Violence at CPUT as students attempt to shut down two campuses
Students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology protested at two separate campuses today. A building is believed to have been petrol bombed and...
ANC Women’s League To Team Up With Taxi Bosses To Combat...
The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) in KwaZulu-Natal announced that it is looking into partnering with taxi associations to establish a campaign that...
Rantso Mokopane On How The NWU Attack Happened
Twenty-two-year-old Thabang Mosiako, a South African athletics champion who was due to fly to Algeria for the CAA African Cross Country Championships in March...
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...
Poem: The Night Visitor
Poem by PRYZ da poet
He came in the middle of the night and whispered in the ears of men and said to them "...
Fees Must Fall’s Bonginkosi Khanyile Vows To Continue Fighting After Sentencing
On Monday, Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile has been sentenced to three years house arrest under correctional services supervision and ordered to pay...
Drawing the line between corporal punishment and abuse in parenting
UPDATE: The Constitutional Court upholds a judgment which says spanking your child is illegal.
al.UPDATE: On 19 October 2017, a judge in the Johannesburg High...
#RhodesWar: University disputes claims that it maliciously excluded anti-rape protestors
The students who were excluded by Rhodes University for participating in the #RUReferenceList protest in 2016 said the university was unjust in its decision...
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...
MUT Students Force Campus Shutdown
"I come from a family of 16 members and we all depend on my grandmother's pension. I'm frustrated because the same allowance I'm waiting...
