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Feminist and human rights activist, Lebo Ramafoko, says the reaction to Olorato Mongale’s murder has exposed society’s bias towards victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Ramafoko says the remarks that she was a slay queen by some South Africans after it emerged that she was killed while on a date with a potential suitor, shows how society believes that certain people deserve sympathy while others don’t – something she feels is a […]

Feminist and human rights activist, Lebogang Ramafoko, says the jokes French President, Emmanuel Macron, is currently being subjected to is an extension of the disrespect his marriage and wife have been exposed to. Ramafoko’s comments come at the back of dozens of memes ,which have surfaced on social media depicting the president as a domestic violence victim and the first lady, Brigitte, as the abuser. French President Emmanuel Macron slap […]

SAPS captain, Amos Mokwena, accused of raping a 20-year-old trainee earlier this month has been suspended without pay. The SAPS officer, who has been in service for over three decades, was arrested on the 7th of May - a day after allegedly raping a trainee at his Pretoria West Training Academy office. The rape was allegedly a punishment for her alleged failure to salute him when he passed nearby her […]

SASCOC President, Barry Hendricks, says Netball South Africa President, Cecilia Molokwane, has a case to answer to World Netball and will face a disciplinary hearing in the coming weeks. Molokwane was suspended last last month by the international federation on what it deems to be "serious allegations”, with the federation insisting that she take no part in the sport until the investigation and disciplinary process is completed. Speaking to the […]

Advocacy manager for Women and Men Against Child Abuse, Luke Lamprecht, says the Joshlin Smith's mother, Kelly, saw her child as a commodity or burden, rather than a loved family member. Lamprecht's remarks come after the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, sentenced Joshlin's mother Kelly, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and friend Steveno van Rhyn to life imprisonment for human trafficking and 10 years for kidnapping - respectively. […]

Last week, the South African delegation attempted to defend the country before an ill-informed Donald Trump who, unsurprisingly, refused to be led by facts. Among the many issues raised, the delegation cited crime as one of South Africa’s biggest problems. However, what was painfully absent from their presentation was a nuanced picture of how crime in South Africa is not faceless. Crime has a face. And often, that face is […]

University friend, Sphumelele Ndlovu, says it is deeply disheartening that Olorato Mongale became a victim of the same brutality she so passionately fought against. Ndlovu, who studied with Mongale at Rhodes University, recalled her as a towering presence, always at the forefront of the fight against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). Mongale was a key figure in the #RUReferenceList movement at Rhodes University, which emerged in 2016 after students released […]

The creative mind behind South African television series, The River, says Presley Chweneyagae was as magnificent in real life as he was while performing as an actor. Phathutshedzo Makwarela says the award-winning Chweneyagae stood out for his love for people and upbeat attitude. He believes that the 40-year-old's largely jovial character in acting reflects who he was in real life. "Once in a generation, a talent emerges that really envelopes us […]

There have been mixed reactions to a suggestion made by music producer, Nota Baloyi, and social media content creator, Penuel Mlotshwa, known as The Black Pen, that the country's schooling system needs to be reformed. In a series of posts on X, Baloyi says the years spent schooling should be cut down from 12 years to eight. He says some grades need to be merged, also saving parents money in […]

Experts are appealing to society to discuss all kinds of traumas with children from a young age as a means to prepare them for living in South Africa, which they describe as a very violent and traumatic country. Psychologist, Professor Saths Cooper, says some of the traumas South Africans have are intergenerational and go as far back as the bad old days of apartheid. According to Professor Cooper, some of […]