The apartheid legacy of privilege and inequality in South Africa remains a benchmark.
A tale of two public sectors
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Tackling GBV in the rural areas
The Rural Women’s Assembly is a rural women’s movement based on values of feminism, solidarity and hope.
One woman’s story of GBV
Gender-based violence is something we see every day on our streets, both at night and during the day.
VAT or budget cuts? The false dilemma and the need for progressive revenue measures
The National Treasury has long held the false view that there is no alternative to austerity.
The other catastrophe: genocide and famine in Sudan
Two years have passed since the war broke out in Sudan between the two sides of the military regime that the country inherited from the infamous Omar al-Bashir.
Poisoned by policy: why South Africa keeps getting sicker
South Africa is indeed a sick patient. But neoliberalism is not the cure. It is the disease.
Stop Gender-based violence!
This issue focuses on the scourge of gender-based violence that continues to increase in South Africa.
The structural foundations of gender-based violence in South Africa
Until contemporary violence is traced to its colonial and apartheid roots, and until inherited systems face dismantling rather than reform, South Africa will continue counting bodies, speaking names, and wondering why nothing changes.
Treasury’s Operation Vulindlela is privatisation of the South African state
Today’s fight over the fiscal framework and revenue proposals is not a technical disagreement—it is a battle over the soul of the post-apartheid state.