Rape is not something that can be avoided by good behaviour. Rape is not something that is brought about by a woman’s “bad” behaviour. Rape…
Posts published in “Gender violence”
To law falls the privilege of demarcating and controlling a particular territory as its own. That which it cannot, or will not, claim is pushed…
This post is written from a position of deep respect. I have followed Charlene Smith’s writing and activism for years, and have nothing but admiration…
Is the time for South Africa to have the difficult discussion about rape finally here? Is it now time to do our utmost to provide…
This morning I woke up and like most people logged onto Facebook — out of habit. I saw a friend’s status about a reference list.…
By the time I was in matric three of my friends had told me they had been raped. Not by strangers in some dark alley…
Last week we heard of a teenager who went missing while running with her dog and family in Cape Town and was found murdered a…
As a child, I thought that grownups weren’t afraid of anything. They killed spiders. They didn’t believe in monsters and ghosts. They weren’t scared of…
By Nandisa Tushini The recent outrage over the bursary scheme that seeks to fund those who can prove their virginity – the “maiden bursary” –…
By Oliver Meth and Bongani Sibeko South Africa was the first country in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. It was the…