Maverick Life

Post-festival blues, coffee with Abi Daré and the rage that becomes fiction

By Joy Watson

South Africa

Women leaders tackle South Africa’s growing water crisis

By Kristin Engel

South Africa

Case to allow a husband to take wife’s surname reaches ConCourt

By Suné Payne

South Africa

Boosting innovation and profit – putting SA’s young women to work could change the game for everyone

By Leanne Emery-Hunter

Maverick Citizen

At this Cape Flats centre for abused women and children, Sister Leonie Weyers elicits smiles when spirits are hurt

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight

Politics

Manifestos on tackling GBV — not much beyond ‘knee-jerk reactions’ pandering to populism, say experts

By Shaun Smillie

World

Perpetrators of violence engage in a deadly dance on the backs of children

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

When women are empowered, societies across the world reap the benefits

By Rethabile Masilo

Africa

Gender mainstreaming in approaches to climate change is imperative for southern Africa

By Tsotang Tsietsi

South Africa

Farming as a labour of love, to keep families fed and kids at school

By Felix Dlangamandla

South Africa

A Decent Path: Universal Basic Income would be a big step forward for women’s equality

By Colleen du Toit and Isobel Frye

South Africa

Rape survivor Prudence Mabasa – serving with love

By Thom Pierce