By now anyone in South Africa without their head in the ground will have read about the controversial Brett Murray painting hanging limply (yes, I made that joke) in the Goodman Gallery in Joburg: We can all understand why the ANC would be angry about the piece. I mean, the proportions are clearly WAY out, and I’m sure...
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After much umming and ahhing, a friend and I finally got to wander around a penthouse at Ponte City on the outskirts of Hillbrow today, and boy, were we surprised! Melrose Arch, it is not – and no one ever pretended it is; however, Abuja extension (to use the pejorative) it isn’t either. Now granted we would probably...
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Only a tad ironic that they thought it necessary to use subtitles but hey, anyone with the guts to contradict Shirtless Matthew Mcconaughey deserves a little re-post love. Nice work to Mama Hope on this...
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On Monday in a magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, Magistrate Chumani Giyos, sexually harassed a group of 12 women facing charges under the Immigration Act, saying to them during a hearing, “You are really beautiful, hey!” and concluding the hearing with “I have never seen so many beautiful women at one time, I hope to see you...
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The T-shirt is a global struggle icon. But over the past fortnight, sexist slogan T-shirts have attracted criticism from the South African women’s movement and justifiably so. Offensive printed T-shirts are not unique to the South African context but rather indicative of larger difficulties facing women who react with anger or...
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Every young woman I have spoken to has a story – stories of coercive circumstances; harassment, sexual propositions and overtures; emergency contraception; sexual abuse; controlling behaviour or intimidation. I am not writing on behalf of all victims or survivors of sexual assault, harassment or gender-based violence (GBV)....
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