Category Archives: Gender and sexuality
Raymond Suttner: Child rape and murder -now in Brakpan. Do we have tools for understanding?
The rape and murder of a young child in Brakpan is another tragedy in contemporary South Africa, Continue reading
Nomboniso Gasa: Eloquent silences. Critique of National Development Plan (NDP) from gender and cultural perspective
Exchange with Marius L Fransman (on Faceboook), leader of the ANC in the Western Cape, asking when I would come and campaign there
Marius L Fransman: Prof, when you coming to help with campaign in WC, Continue reading
Tara Weinberg, Re-opening restitution, election promises doomed to backfire
Bill evokes ‘stooges of apartheid’ by Niren Tolsi
Unprecedented third round of hearings in North-West reject TCB. People ask whether they are being pummelled with consultations till they agree.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/11/22/bill-evokes-stooges-of-apartheid
National Council of Provinces ignores rural voices on Traditional courts bill
Advocacy for women’s land rights-plotting way forward by Frances Ann Eberhard and Tara Weinberg,
Athambile Masola,Becoming a woman in my black skin
Rebecca Davis comparing mass response to gang rape in India and generally limited response in SA to range of rapes
Sarah Evans, Diepsloot women demand their children’s safety
Child rape has become one of the scourges of the new South Africa Continue reading
Andisiwe Makinana, Traditional courts fracas goes on
Rebecca Davis, Traditional Courts bill: Rural people won’t give away their rights to seal pre-eleciton deals
Rebecca Davis, When culture and policing collide. Circumcision deaths and ukuthwala -unpunished crimes
The area of what is described as cultural practices has now become a site where there are extensive abuses Continue reading
Poverty and intersex people. a conversation with intersex activist Mani Mitchell
In our constitution we protect freedom of sexual orientation. Continue reading
Raymond Suttner, Response to comments on my article in the Mail and Guardian of 27 September 2013
I recently published an article analysing the degeneration of the ANC led tripartite alliance. Continue reading
Nomboniso Gasa, Women must lead initiation debate
Sisonke Msimang, Dear corruption watch. What about the victim?
This article by Sisonke Msimang asks why Corruption Watch did no more than ‘censure’ Zwelinzima Vavi Continue reading
Gcobani Qambela, Why Trevor Noah’s tweets about Caster Semenya matters
I do not know what Caster Semenya’s sexual orientation is. What I do know is that she is constitutionally entitled to decide how she wants to be, in terms of her sexual identity and her choice of sexual practices so long as this does not violate the rights of others. We are speaking of a young woman who has had traumatic experiences because her sexuality was questioned in the course of her athletic career. A comedian is a public figure and if that person is to do more than make people laugh, especially if s/he is a satirist there must be some sense of responsibility and respect towards other human beings especially someone who is vulnerable. And this is especially so if Caster Semenya has chosen a sexual identity that deviates form heteronormativity. We are living through a period of repeated ‘corrective rapes’. We are entitled to expect that all public figures should take steps to combat this scourge and even if their job is humour, to defend constitutionalism, and individual identities and choices.
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