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...
DUT’s Messy Student Politics And Election Affairs
With the commencement of Student Representative Council elections at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), came tensions following complains from different student bodies that...
30 things you need to know about the Palestine-Israel conflict
There is no shortage of debate around the semantics of the Palestine-Israel conflict. SELIN KARA, a British-born human rights activist, put together this useful...
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...
Inxeba premiere suspended in East London
The Hemingways Mall in East London announced on Friday morning that it has suspended the screening of Inxeba: The Wound, a movie that tackles...
At Gender-Based Violence Summit, Ramaphosa Calls For “Tangible Solutions”
"The murder of womxn* in this country is corroding the soul of our nation," President Cyril Ramaphosa said. He was addressing a room filled...
Manana supporters: ‘he was provoked as well’
A group of about 50 university students gathered outside the Randburg Magistrate's court on Wednesday to support former deputy minister of higher education, Mduduzi...
Shooting At TUT: “We Went Back to 1976”
UPDATE** The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested two police officers in connection with the death of Katlego Monareng, the slain Tshwane University...
Spur people – with a taste for white male violence
We’ve all seen that video of a white man physically and verbally threatening black women and children at the Texamo Spur ranch at The...
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...
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...
“The Only Democratic Thing About The Congo Is In The Name”
President Joseph Kabila has overstayed his welcome in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Congolese have been protesting his brutal reign despite violent...
Uber driver: ‘You can never know if you are going to...
There have been regular attacks on Uber drivers around malls, clubs and Gautrain stations since the company launched in South Africa in 2013. The...
#TDVFridayRecommends: Netflix’s Justice Served is a messy South African story
Netflix has a new South African series, Justice Served dropping on July 29. If you like action, drama, politics, ambiguous villains AND supporting local...
Garissa: the Kenyan town attacked by Al Shabaab
Bodies are still being recovered from Garissa University College in Kenya, where Al Shabaab gunmen are holding students hostage. As the devastating tragedy unfolds,...
ANC Youth League: Not Removing Manana Will Hurt ANC In 2019...
After the revelation that ANC national executive congress (NEC) member and MP Mduduzi Manana physically abused his domestic worker, the ANC Youth League on...
“Assault is commonplace in our communities because people don’t do anything...
Statistics released by the South African Police Services in October show that common assault had decreased between 2016 and 2017, however some women still...
#LindiweOnEusebius: Sisulu fumbles with feminism
Lindiwe Sisulu was dragged on Twitter on Thursday for her problematic views on feminism and gender-based violence. And honestly, she deserves it.
Human Settlements Minister...
Her attacker has been released from jail, and she now lives...
We're a few weeks into 2018 but women are already falling victims of violence at the hands of men. Noluvuyo Dhlomo, 23, from Isipingo...
Spur altercation would have been acceptable – by apartheid standards
Black people are always being asked to call out racism, and women asked to call out sexism, but there is something intrinsically frightening about...
