Tragic row
Lovers’ quarrel ends in murder of two sisters and a brother-in-law. Chris Ndaliso
and Nontuthuko Ngubane report.
Mock rape at elite school shocks all
Nokuthula Ntuli’s article in the New Age on an insensitive photo spread through social media that depicts a fake rape.
Attempt to get men involved in fatherhood
Article written by Nosipho Mngoma for The Star tells of the discrepancies in childcare that perpetuate biased gender perceptions.
‘End sexual violence’
Aphiwe Boyce of the Sandton Chronicle questions the validity of statistics measuring sexual crime levels in South Africa.
Pollsmoor is no rehab
Faith Carter reports on the horrendous conditions suffered by inmates at Pollsmoor in the Constantiaberg Bulletin.
Show of support to back miners’ lawsuit
Kathleen Morrissey of The Star writes about Sonke and TAC’s protest in support of silicosis-stricken miners.
Unite Against Corruption issues demands
Business Day article by Karl Gernetzky and Penelope Mashego on Wednesday’s anti-corruption march in Pretoria and Cape Town.
Positive discipline instead of corporal punishment
Informative article from the Westlander regarding Sonke and Save the Children’s work to positively influence teachers’ mindsets.
Flawed figures shackle victims of child rape
Kate Wilkinson unpacks the fallacious thinking behind arguments claiming that a child is raped every three minutes in SA.
Report by Gender Commission handed to President Zuma
The presidency has received a report outlining gender biases within South Africa’s adjudicating bodies.
ANCYL branch chair gets R3 000 bail – cash he collected before arrest
Gabi Falanga reports on the outcome of Patrick Wisani’s bail hearing.
The Guardian posts article on the new State of the World’s Fathers Report
Points from Sonke and partners’ groundbreaking SOWF report quoted in The Guardian.
Sonke and Lawyers For Human Rights on the overcrowded conditions at Pollsmoor prison
In today’s Mail & Guardian, Sonke’s Emily Keehn, Czerina Patel and Lawyers For Human Rights‘ Clare Ballard write about the oppressive and disease-inducing conditions subjected upon awaiting trial detainees at Pollsmoor Prison’s severely overcrowded remand facilities: Comment: Overcrowded jails deadly, inhumane Open Society Foundations The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa Bhekisisa
Mail & Guardian publishes an article on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
The Mail & Guardian has published an article on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in which they quote Sonke’s Advocacy and Accountability Programmes Director, Vuyiseka Dubula: “…[S]exual rights of women are compromised in relationships where women do not have power to negotiate safe sex particularly when it comes to prevention of HIV transmission.” ‘Once he says he […]
Sonke statement on Operation Fiela in Beeld
Beeld references Sonke (and our partners’) call to the South African government to stop stigmatising foreign nationals and to end Operation Fiela.
Sonke’s concerns on Operation Fiela in Die Burger
Die Burger references Sonke (and our partners’) call to the South African government to stop stigmatising foreign nationals and to end Operation Fiela.
Male prison rape survivors speak out
Sonke Gender Justice, Just Detention International & NICRO are partnered to increase public awareness around prisoner rape. In the Mail & Guardian today, three brave men who went through a digital story-telling process with us speak out about rape in prisons.
Sonke’s concerns about government’s targeting of migrants through Operation Fiela discussed in M&G
The Mail and Guardian extensively discusses Sonke (and our partners’) comments calling on the South African government to stop stigmatising foreign nationals and to end Operation Fiela. http://mg.co.za/article/2015-05-14-operation-fiela-set-to-stay-says-cabinet
Tanzania: Men Join Women’s Rights Bandwagon in Tarime
Almost 300 people, the majority of them men and boys, have turned up to attend a community public meeting held to promote the rights of women and children in Tarime district, Mara region. The meeting, which was held at Serengeti ground in Tarime town, was organized by Children’s Dignity Forum (CDF), a non-governmental organization, through […]
Sisonke Msimang interviewed in M&G feature on mainstreaming feminism in South Africa
What happened to feminism in South Africa? Sisonke Msimang, a Policy Development and Advocacy consultant for Sonke Gender Justice speaks on the issue in this article in this week’s Mail & Guardian. The bokkie stops here: Let’s make feminism fashionable again mg.co.za The fight for women’s rights has too often been stigmatised and ignored in […]
Miners seek justice over killer dust
Sonke’s Dean Peacock and Emily Nagisa Keehn and the Treatment Action Campaign’s Anele Yawa write in the Mail & Guardian about mine workers afflicted with silicosis and/or TB launching a historic class action lawsuit for compensation.
Sonke’s Wessel van den Berg in Mail & Guardian
Gender-based violence can be tackled at its roots by fathers taking an active role in caring for their children, writes Sonke’s Wessel van den Berg in the Mail & Guardian today.
Memorandum on National Strategic plan to end gender-based violence making headlines
A memorandum sent to Women Minister Susan Shabangu, signed by Sonke and a coalition of civil organisations, urging Minister Shabangu to implement a fully-funded National Strategic Plan for Gender-Based Violence, made headlines in Business Day last week. Read the full press release here: Patriarchy Revisited More than 35 organisations and thousands of South Africans participated […]
Sonke writes about the murder of nine year old Queen (from Delft) in the City Press
Sonke’s Bongani Kona writes in the City Press about how reporting on the rape and murder of nine year old Queen was emotionally wrenching and also helped him reconnect with the problem of overwhelming sexual violence and violence against women and children in South Africa. Read the full article here: http://www.citypress.co.za/columnists/something-inside-suddenly-gave-way/
