Five books about exceptional South African women you need to read
August 9 is Women's Day in South Africa, and we commemorate the anti-apartheid activists who marched on the Union Buildings and burned their pass...
Modern day superwomen: students who are mothers too
Being a student is stressful enough with lectures, assignments, exams and generally finding yourself. But some women play the role of both student and...
#HoeIsLife is sexual freedom like you’ve never seen it before
Society hates when *womxn have power, especially over our sexuality and our bodies. Patriarchy determines the terms and conditions of sex for womxn. When...
Propaganda, security and democracy: Kenyan female journalists take on the elections
On Tuesday August 1, the Association of Media Women in Kenya, held a forum on the online harassment of women journalists in Kenya leading...
Ten reasons South Africa doesn’t suck right now – July 2017...
This year keeps getting more and more extra. This July, South Africans have faced more racism in our schools, xenophobic building raids which left...
Nothing but pride for Proteas after their WWC17 campaign
No, they didn’t make it to the Women’s World Cup final. Yes, they are another South African team who lost in a knockout match...
The Proteas Lost At The Women’s World Cup And They Cried....
The Proteas Women's Cricket team lost to England in the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup yesterday. Despite the brilliant tournament they had, all...
Sorry ANC, Dr Makhosi Khoza will not be silenced
On Tuesday, ANC MP Makhosi Khoza, received a standing ovation at the Future of South Africa conference held in Johannesburg by civil society group...
This Setswana author helps children fall in love with reading in...
Charmaine Mrwebi (34) used to visit the library daily as a child and fell in love with stories and storytelling - today her own...
Women’s cricket delivers on action – for those smart enough to...
The Women’s World Cup (WWC) is nearing its end, with five of eight teams in a tight race for the final four, but you’d...
EFF leadership, please bring your patriarchs to order
Some of the responses to the *womxn of the Wits Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) calling out a male member for rape show...
Mauritius sets the example for Africa by eradicating tampon tax
The battle against the 15% tampon tax in Mauritius has been won. Tampon tax is the government tax on feminine hygiene products, and is essentially a...
Ten reasons South Africa doesn’t suck right now – June 2017...
So we’re more than halfway through 2017, and the country is still as dramatic as ever. Fires all over the Cape, more Gupta nonsense,...
This self-published author wants children to take pride in their blackness
Thenjiwe Mswane is a young black queer womxn* that everyone should be talking about. Thenjiwe is a 27-year-old self-publishing author who just recently wrote...
The rise of women’s cricket shows that playing like a girl...
In the first of a three-part series on women's cricket, Firdose Moonda reflects on how far recognition of the sport has come and how...
Two Batswana women wrote a feminist dictionary and it’s amazing
For two young Batswana feminists, the academic terminology that has been popularised in online-driven social activism is useful but limited. When they couldn't articulate...
Ten Reasons South Africa Doesn’t Suck Right Now – May 2017...
May came and went, and we are officially at the halfway point of 2017. We don't know how we got here: there is new...
#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...
These women are learning to kick ass: “I need it so...
On Sunday, the 1in9 Campaign, i-LEAD and Soul City Institute hosted an empowering self defence class for women as part of the #SafeTaxisNow campaign....
Priyanka Chopra reminds us to #StayWoke, and six other things from...
India’s most famous export, Priyanka Chopra was in South Africa and Zimbabwe last week to spend time with child survivors of sexual violence. Chopra...
