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More than 100 women have come forward to accuse US film producer Harvey Weinstein of various degrees of sexual misconduct.

Weinstein convicted of sex assault, rape in ‘new era’ for #MeToo

The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal…

Focusing on the perpetrator’s circumstances leads society to blame the victim and does not hold the perpetrators accountable for their actions

Youth is not an excuse

XXXTentacion’s death shows that society is still not primed to listen to the victims of abuse

This is the first known time in the Academy’s history where the Academy has had to find ways to combat sexual misconduct within its ranks.

Cosby and Polanksi booted from Academy awards body

Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski were voted out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday

Mandisa Mashego admits to heavy patriarchy in the EFF. Photo: Jabu Kumalo

#TimesUp takedowns in full swing

Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson admitted to blacklisting Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino

The Belgium-based company produces a third of the world’s beer

Time’s Up movement sets sights on R. Kelly

The women’s movement has urged the singer’s record label as well as streaming services Spotify and Apple Music to drop him

Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault

The television icon, once beloved as ‘America’s Dad’, risks spending the rest of his life behind bars

Bill Cosby maintains he gave Andrea Constand an over-the-counter antihistamine to relieve stress. He said their relations were consensual.

US prosecution builds ‘serial predator’ case against Cosby

The now frail 80-year-old could spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted at his retrial for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand.

Outrage about sexual harassment

Are men, by their nature, brutish?

Men will only really change if they are willing to examine their fantasies and feelings authentically

Snow collects on the Olympic Rings in Sochi

Robby Collins: The Son of Carol gets personal

Drawing inspiration from his personal experiences, comic Robby Collins is landing knockout punches to the nation’s collective funny bone

Hannibal Buress brings his laidback brand of humour to the Comedy Central International Festival in South Africa.

Is Hannibal Buress a one-trick pony?

The guy who killed Cosby is struggling for life after his deadly joke.

Three more women bring charges of sexual assault against Cosby

Three more women, including an actress who appeared on the Cosby Show, have come forward and accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and harassment.

Bill Cosby Temple Buell Theatre.

Sexual-assault accuser says Cosby didn’t realise she was gay

The woman battling Cosby to make public her complaint against him said she is a lesbian, despite his assertions that their encounter was consensual.

Bill Cosby accusers detail trauma and betrayal in magazine

Thirty-five women who have accused Bill Cosby of raping them have spoken out in an explosive photo essay for New York magazine.

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Entertainment News: DJ Sbu arrested, Jamie Foxx ‘butchers’ US anthem

From DJ Sbu’s weekend behind bars to Bonang Matheba, Jeannie D and Bonnie Mbuli’s talk show debut, we look at the news that had us talking.

Show hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler arrive at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler slay Cosby at the #GoldenGlobes

Hollywood’s favourite award show hosts did not hold back on throwing shade at the Golden Globe awards.

Musician Solange Knowles broke the internet twice this year.

8 things that broke the internet in 2014

From Solange’s internet take-over to memes of Senzo Meyiwa’s father, we take a look at events that stole the online show.

Bill Cosby counter-sues woman in sexual assault scandal

The veteran actor and comedian is suing one of his alleged sexual abuse victims, accusing her of $250 000 extortion.

Bill Cosby unlikely to be charged for sexual abuse

Comedian and actor Bill Cosby, who is accused of sexual abuse by a total of 15 women, may not be prosecuted for his alleged crimes.

Bill Cosby maintains he gave Andrea Constand an over-the-counter antihistamine to relieve stress. He said their relations were consensual.

Bill Cosby: Is this what a rapist looks like?

A rapist could be anyone – your teacher, uncle, priest, neighbour. And who would take a women’s word over these "respectable" men, asks Fezisa Mdibi.

Bill Cosby maintains he gave Andrea Constand an over-the-counter antihistamine to relieve stress. He said their relations were consensual.

NBC cans Cosby show, third woman accuses him of sexual assault

The TV network has cancelled a Bill Cosby project as actress Janice Dickinson became the third woman to allege she’d been assaulted by the comic.