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Most rape victims are women, and that male victims are often erased from collective recognition. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Sexual violence in South Africa: Whose shame? Whose responsibility?

How we talk about rape should avoid ‘rape talk’ such as calling those who have been sexually abused ‘damaged good’ and perpetrators ‘monsters’

Photo: Getty Images

Gift of the Givers celebrates as 80-year-old woman is rescued from quake rubble

Death tolls passes 37 000 as humanitarian organisation and SAPS dog unit continue search for more survivors in Türkiye and Syria

Outlier: The embattled public works department’s minister, Patricia de Lille, is the only non-ANC member in the cabinet, and certainly no stranger to controversy. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Toxic power struggle hits public works

With infighting and allegations of corruption and poor planning, the department’s top management looks like a scene from ‘Survivor’

Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Saved by literature and love

“The library was a refuge I could run to when violence ripped at the very fabric of our existence and threatened to extinguish life itself,” writes Dr Barbara Boswell.

In defence of women: Debi Steven, who survived rape at the age of 11, is teaching boys and girls around the world about gender-based violence. (Courtesy Debi Steven)

Rape survivor a guide to children

Nonprofit organisation Action Breaks Silence educates children about sexual violence, self-love, empowerment, boundaries and expressing emotions.

Maneo Mohale

Words can banish our ghosts

"I wanted to show it all to her, so she could fix me. I needed her to fix me".

Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger at TEDWomen 2016 – It’s About Time

Should men be included in the conversation about rape and women abuse?

It might placate the gender wars if a reconciliatory approach to healing is adopted

Phumla Williams. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Guide to Survivor SA elections

Debating, Survivor style.

The Marashlian ­family were caught up in the brutal events before and following the Armenian genocide

Armenian genocide relived

Generations on, memories of the persecution and murders give the lie to political denial.

The Survivor guide to ANC politics

The internal politics of the ANC can be hard for outsiders to understand. In fact, insiders very often find themselves baffled too.

Take2: Pay your TV licence, it’s the trite thing to do

Anyone unfortunate enough to have SABC1, 2 or 3, will know the pickings are slim. But on Monday they hit their all time thinnest.