Gender-based violence (GBV) has been declared a national disaster, with women in the rural areas carrying a disproportionate burden due to entrenched poverty, patriarchal norms, and systemic inequality. Deeply rooted gender norms, societal expectations, and historical trauma from apartheid reinforce power imbalances and perpetuate this violence. Gender-based violence is one of rural women’s greatest challenges. […]

The political landscape continues to be dogged by very public narratives, actions and violence with regard to foreign nationals. We keep being warned that this is part of a tension which is geared towards the local elections towards the end of the year. Refugee Digest 100 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson […]

Spread over the weeks of March 2026, a number of interesting comments emerged in the public domain, centred on what Dr Naledi Pandor called “a more humane policy framework”2 with regard to migrants and foreign nationals, and a sharper critique of the closely allied area of xenophobia. Indeed, ‘humane’ is a word used frequently by […]

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