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One in 10 women suffers from endometriosis, but workplaces seldom recognise this debilitating condition. Photo: Pexels/Anna Shvets
BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT

Workplaces must wake up to the harmful invisibility of endometriosis

Employers, work policies and labour law do not accommodate this health issue, which results in women missing promotions, getting unfair performance reviews or losing their jobs

  • Zimkhitha Juqu
4 min read
And as South Africa marks Human Rights Day, thirty years after human dignity was written into law, this is the reckoning we cannot postpone.
AGRICULTURE

Recommendations for a nation in crisis

South Africa lacks rigorous implementation of its many, well-designed policies and plans

  • Naledi Ngqambela
9 min read
Unison: Girls living in Lavender Hill
CIVIL SOCIETY

Where is civil society when you need it?

Polarisation is defining society; we need honest conversations and bridges built amid differences

  • Michael Edwards
8 min read
(Graphic: John McCann)
CORRUPTION

Disintegrating state capacity is a betrayal of democracy

South Africa is repeatedly failing to live up to its declared policies because of corruption, ineptitude and political patronage

  • William Gumede
5 min read