Sex workers decry police abuse and call for decriminalisation of their work
Sex workers remain vulnerable to abuse and when police are so often the perpetrators, they have little to no protection from the law.
Gender
Cape Town’s toilets that are too hazardous to use
Residents of Khayelitsha’s informal settlements have to contend with communal toilets that do not flush or portable toilets they have to clean out themselves.
Farmworkers say 2012 strike changed little
Farmworkers say the 2012 demands for improvement of working and living conditions have still not been met
Khayelitsha men talk about gender-based violence
Imbizo ya Madoda saw men living in and around Khayelitsha participating in a long overdue and crucial conversation around GBV.
Homophobia rife at work
LGBTQI+ workers say that the unions need to do more to protect them.
Khayelitsha tavern owners talk about GBV
Bheki Cele urged tavern owners to teach patrons how to drink.
Affected communities protest mining companies’ damages
Women in mining-affected communities say they bear the brunt of mining activities.
Marikana townships still squalid 10 years after the massacre
Ten years after the massacre of mine workers conspired by the state and their employer in Marikana, residents continue to fight for a better life
Period poverty ruins education for girls in rural Zimbabwe
A recent survey revealed that the use of old clothes, leaves and cow dung instead of sanitary ware is prevalent among rural girls in Zimbabwe.
Chile: A bright, new world for women after new left wins the presidency
The authors argue that It was in fact young women from left organisations who brought the vote out for Boric to defeat the right-wing candidate in the second round of voting.
2021 – The wrap
These are some of the stories we brought you in 2021. Expect more to follow in 2022.
Gender-based violence hits Tsomo police
A disagreement over the use of a vehicle led to a male officer assaulting a female officer at Tsomo police station.
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