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Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga answers questions during his interview with the Judicial Service Commission on 1 February 2022 for the position of Chief Justice. Picture: @OCJ_RSA/Twitter

Patriarchy

Chief Justice candidate Madlanga tells JSC he wants to change ConCourt quorum

By Gaye Davis

The Judicial Service Commission is interviewing all four candidates for the Chief Justice position this week, with Constitutional Court Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga...

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    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Tennis player Alexander Zverev, a man at fault

    The tennis world finds itself on the back foot because they remain silent and complicit in abusive behaviour and perpetuate existing and wholly outdated patriarchal structures, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.

    354 days ago
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    BUSANI NGCAWENI: Is polyandry patriarchy’s worst nightmare?

    The debate on polyandry in South Africa needs to exit the bedroom, writes Busani Ngcaweni.

    369 days ago
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    Patriarchal values saw women excluded from COVID-19 decision process - study

    The report focused on how women had been silenced during the pandemic and their lack of representation in the media.

    559 days ago
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    TARA PENNY: Why I will scream ‘fire’ when I need help

    Why is it that when men are harassing them, women are made to feel uncomfortable and expected to just laugh it off, accepting the age-old notion that “boys will be boys”?

    570 days ago
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    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Actor Sarah Paulson’s ode to feminism in Mrs America

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee writes that the story told in Mrs America is a timely reminder of the protest that we are all equal.

    591 days ago
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    UN chief: Colonialism, patriarchy have created historic inequality

    Antonio Guterres called for a new social contract and global deal while speaking at the 18th annual Nelson Mandela Lecture on Saturday.

    674 days ago
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    Author Isabel Allende hopes pandemic will doom patriarchy

    The 77-year-old believes it will be up to the younger generations to build a new normal, founded on gender and racial equality.

    714 days ago
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    BUSANI NGCAWENI: The injustice of COVID-19 for women in the workplace

    The coronavirus pandemic is making life even more difficult for women in the workplace, which is a theatre of patriarchy with its unforgiving twin, capitalism, writes Busani Ngcaweni.

    746 days ago
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    ANALYSIS: Why a Wits academic got a radio ad banned

    Gender stereotyping might be funny, but it's no joke. A public health professor explains why she took action against everyday sexism when she heard it in a radio advert.

    859 days ago
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    CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture and the ‘ownership’ of women

    We have aeons of deeply ingrained ideas of ownership of women to break free from, writes Charles Webster.

    950 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union’s national congress in Durban on 16 September 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa proposes 'bold steps' to transform 'deeply patriarchal' SA

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said government would transform the justice system to ensure it worked favourably for victims of gender-based violence.

    979 days ago
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    BEHIND THE POLITICS: Ndabeni-Abrahams on patriarchy, family life & leadership

    Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams sat down with Eyewitness News for a wide-ranging interview this Women's Month.

    1020 days ago
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    'I said pretty horrible things' - Man apologises for misogyny towards ex-wife

    A caller named Percy spoke on the Eusebius McKaiser Show about how his anger and misogyny hurt his ex-wife and cost him his marriage.

    1102 days ago
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    OPINION: On Karima Brown, the EFF and the fallacy of a 'just-world'

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Karima Brown is yet another woman at the mercy of a toxically masculine society sick with the disease of victim blaming in a culture rife with rape.

    1173 days ago
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    [OPINION] We could drink a case of Caster

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Caster Semenya is another example of the sweet sound of the lonely sprint. A black woman immersed in the blush of success and the bloom of many firsts.

    1189 days ago
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    [OPINION] Of spoofs, gaffes and the #MensConference

    Busani Ngcaweni says that when the spoofs are done, we must return to reason and ask how the social media spoof that was the #MensConference rode on patriarchy, misogyny and homophobia.

    1193 days ago
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    [OPINION] Gillette: The best a woman can get

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee says for men to be challenged by a single commercial - Gillette razors of all things - is just about as good as chopping their balls off in public.

    1215 days ago
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    [OPINION] 'Twas the season for slut-shaming

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee tells the story of how on the second of Christmas, she was called a whore in a T-shirt.

    1229 days ago
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