Gender
Women’s Assembly holds sit-in after funding cut
Tshisimani Centre apologises
By Liezl Human
Brief | 31 August 2022
Medicine stockouts: contraceptives are the worst hit
Survey shows that many women cannot access the contraceptive injection
News | 30 August 2022
Learners march to demand free sanitary pads
Team Free Sanitary Pads campaign has so far collected over 30,000 signatures to get government to improve menstrual health
News | 29 August 2022
Murder victim’s friend storms out of Khayelitsha court as case is postponed yet again
Trial of man accused of killing Phelokazi Mqathanya postponed for sixth time since May
Brief | 22 July 2022
Court action to stop immigrants being denied life-saving healthcare
Two-year-old Zimbabwean boy died after state hospital denied him treatment because his mother had no birth certificate
Law | 30 June 2022
Marriages under Islamic law given legal status
Women who divorced under Sharia were often left destitute and powerless to enforce maintenance and protect the rights of their children
Law | 29 June 2022
Wealthy Durban businessman fails to keep R5.5-million out of reach of his estranged wife
Court rules against man who transferred money to a British Virgin Islands trust during the divorce trial
Law | 24 June 2022
Abortion behind bars: women in prisons have extra obstacles to overcome
Prison policies must be changed
By Rebecca Gore
Opinion | 8 June 2022
Free Gender says Khayelitsha police are mishandling murder case of lesbian woman
Access to justice for black lesbians and people in Khayelitsha is “elusive”
News | 14 April 2022