By Refiloe Makama & Sipho Dlamini Violence has remained a longstanding characteristic of the country. Gender-based violence (or more accurately: violence perpetuated by men against…
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The Chairwoman Federal Council and Federal Executive Democratic Alliance DA Federal Head Office Website: da.org.za E-Mail: [email protected] Telephone: +27 (0) 21 465 1431 Theba Hosken…
Recently, I decided that I wanted to hold a conference to define a new vision for South Africa. The premise being that the old vision…
By the term, ‘criminality’, I don’t simply mean the perpetration of crime, or criminal acts; I have in mind something far more fundamental, even primal,…
By Terence Watts Contact crime continues to increase in SA, up by 2.6% in 2019. Debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often the aftermath and…
I am an individual. I am a unique person. I am not like anyone else and I do not behave like anyone else. I am…
By Kerry Frizelle While I was lecturing, a female student arrived late*. As she made her way to a seat, another student cat-called her (a…
I have written about the position of women in our patriarchal society from various perspectives on this site several times before – in the context…
I am ashamed to be a South African man today. How have we fallen so far as a nation? From being celebrated globally as the…