Gender
Youth Day event charges a packet of sanitary pads as entrance fee
Campaign to collect pads for people who can’t afford them
Brief | 17 June 2021
Beard-tickler’s dismissal upheld in Labour Court
Judge says man “failed to appreciate the enormity of the consequences of his reprehensible conduct”
Law | 20 May 2021
Dozens march in Gugulethu demanding justice for woman murdered by her boyfriend
The accused is set to appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Friday
Brief | 13 May 2021
Here’s what’s in the new Equality Bill
You can comment on amendments to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimation Act by 12 May
Law | 29 April 2021
Dozens picket outside Parliament against gender-based violence
Concern over loss of momentum since massive protests following Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder
Video | 25 April 2021
Woman seeks to sue rapists 40 years after attack
Case could overturn three-year prescription on civil claims for sexual offences
Law | 24 April 2021
Concourt rules that marriage act oppressing thousands of women is unconstitutional
The court upheld a ruling that marriages under the old Black Administration Act be made in community of property by default
Law | 15 April 2021
High demand for contraceptive pills smuggled in from Zimbabwe
The market is fuelled by the struggle women have to access health facilities
News | 9 April 2021
The Justice department has upgraded the Khayelitsha sexual offences court. But Rape Crisis say it’s not enough
Activists picketed outside the department’s regional office in Cape Town on Monday to demand better upgrades
News | 8 March 2021