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The age of podcasters as thought leaders is upon us

Self-styled podcasting celebrities – usually male – more and more frequently stray into journalism’s lane, but writer Khanya Mtshali probes the pitfalls of this using the…

MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny. (Supplied)

MacG is riding the wave of misogynistic podcasts

MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny

Epitome of ethics: Author and cultural critic bell hooks insisted that care, love and spirituality were the core of black feminist practice and freedom. Photo: Karjean Levine/Getty Images

A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis

bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda

Hateful: Jacob Zuma’s supporters wait outside court during his rape trial.

Hatred of women thrives in South Africa

Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior

Who do South Africans think does the raping in this country — the level of rape that one sees in active conflict zones? The scale of rape that it gets to be called by what it is — a femicide?

The threat of rape helps keep the vulnerable in line

Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour

Helping hand: Nelisiwe Xaba’s performance lecture ‘Bang Bang Wo’ examines the baggage that comes with help. (	Stella Olivier/ The Centre For The Less Good Idea)

The cyclical politics of help

Black women and trans artists are worthy of support but it should not come with terms and restrictions

Derogatory views: Reverend Vukile Mehana should resign from his position, the authors argue. (Felix Dlangamandla/Foto24/Gallo Images)

No holy cows in hate cases

Misogyny and hate speech cannot be left to institutions to deal with internally

‘I had to find ways to compensate for my lack of masculinity,’ says the writer (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Violence begets violence

A rape survivor endures a long, bitter struggle to overcome the hate of what he aches to be

New Zealanders criticised an interview with their Prime Minister as sexist and “creepy”.
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Veteran journo slammed for ‘creepy’ interview with New Zealand PM

Charles Wooley has been criticised for calling Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “attractive” and discussing the conception of her baby.

‘Extreme provocation’: Mduduzi Manana entering Parliament in 2011.

Homophobia and misogyny are kin

"Several aspects of this violent misogynistic episode, and how it has played out publicly, show us yet again that South Africa is no place for women."

Back in the day: Thandi Klaasen in 1955 ‘doing a little modelling for Drum’. Photo: Drum photographer © Baileys Archives

​Thandi Klaasen: Defying tragedy to do it her way

From being a starlet in Sophiatown through to a disfiguring assault, Thandi Klaasen’s capacity for resilience meant she just kept on singing.

Caster Semenya (C)is in Switzerland this week to appeal new testosterone regulations that the IAAF attempted to put in place in April last year. (Getty)

Too big, too strong, too powerful, too black for weepy, waifish Sharp and Jozwik

Caster Semenya’s moment of triumph illustrates very clearly what the problem really is — she isn’t white.

[From our archives] Angry feminist? Damn right I’m angry

Fury over the misogyny and hatred in social media is fuel in the fight for a better, equal world.

A screenshot from the Rent-A-Minority website.

Satirical website brings all the bigots to the yard

Arwa Mahdawi started Rent-A-Minority to bring attention to diversity issues in the workplace, but she never thought she’d get actual requests.

M&G reduces former spy to a vagina on legs

The greatest irony is that focusing on Forsyth’s sex life did not highlight the terrible things she did as an apartheid-era spy.

Serena Williams beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in 2015 to win Wimbledon for the sixth time and complete the ‘Serena Slam’ as the holder of all four major tennis titles.

Serena’s grace transcends bigotry

She holds all grand slam titles again, but the greatest female tennis star is still being punished for being an unapologetically strong black woman.

Fighting back: Kenyans in Nairobi protest against violence inflicted on women.

Fear of the feminine recurs

Anti-gay and women’s ‘decency’ laws are sides of the same coin and reflect men’s patriarchy.

Our culture idolises monsters

Violent men can’t be dismissed as deviant; our society shapes such distorted masculinities.

Why is it an insult to be a woman?

Phrases like "Where are your tampons?" and "Are your balls in her purse?" are bandied about … in polite conversation.

Lesedi Moche has laid a complaint with the SAHRC against Paul Da Silva

My white privilege lets misogyny sneak in through the back door

For all the flak a restaurant owner received for reported racism, most seem to ignore his sexism. Haji Mohamed Dawjee imagines his jubilation at this.