Nomzamo Portia Ntombela One would have hoped for institutional and cultural change towards women after 30 years of democracy, especially in political parties. But it seems as Naledi Chirwa’s letter reveals women must be forever [...]

Wilhelm Verwoerd Dear Menere (Sirs), One of our promising traditions is the encouragement om nie 'n papegaai te wees nie (to not be a parrot). In early 2022, I revisited this parrot metaphor at a [...]

Siphosethu Baleni On August 30, 2023, Thandile Ngxikwe, an activist focused on issues surrounding gender and other intersectional experiences of oppression faced by students at Stellenbosch University, collaborated with AVReQ and First Rand Empowerment Foundation [...]

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Stellenbosch University has been going through a profound effort to address the problem of the legacy of the past to chart a path to transformation, and to forge a new institutional identity. The [...]