Young men and women led a march against gender-based violence on Saturday. The boxers of the Overstrand Whale Boxing Club led the march through the streets of Zwelihle with a large banner demanding an end to the murder of women and children. The Men Against Gender-Based Violence movement, led by OWBC coach Mzi Damesi, handed…
A Khayelitsha man was ripped from his bath and pushed into the spotlight during demolitions on Wednesday, revealing the only difference between evictions under apartheid and now is that there were phones to film the event, in which the man was completely dehumanised, writes Mikhail Moosa.Bulelani Qolani was bathing yesterday when he was forcefully removed from…
As with any societal plague, treatment and crisis response is not the answer to ending domestic violence. As a community, women must become proactive in their effort to prevent and eliminate GBV, writes Irene Charnley.Gender-based violence (GBV) cannot be attributed to a single factor. It is often an interplay of individual, community, economic, cultural and…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. The tragic aspect of this story is that it underscores a fallacy that the ANC continues to perpetuate. Palestinian rights and statehood should not be about hatred for Jews and hatred towards Israel, writes Howard Feldman.Mostly, South Africans don't care. Their concerns remain centered around employment, the economy, crime, healthcare and education.…
Two weeks ago already, things were really bad here at Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth.They weren't collecting the waste, no one was cleaning and the nurses were also striking because they felt the working conditions were not safe. Even the kitchen wasn't working.LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesWe had to port patients.…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…