Within the feminist movement, African feminism occupies a unique position that challenges disempowering constructs issuing from both Western and African paradigms. Contrary to the disinformation about ...

Artificial intelligence is racist and sexist, and just like in the real world, change in the virtual world requires sustained effort ...

Near the beginning of the 2014 thought-provoking science fiction film, Transcendence (directed by Wally Pfister2014), one of the main characters, Max Waters (Paul Bettany), walks into and through a ...

Covid-19 and its socioeconomic consequences has emphasised people’s need for these places: research, biodiversity conservation, plants for food, health and cultural purposes, and open space in ...

It’s reasonable to argue that the EFF’s hyper-focus on race is largely opportunistic. Julius Malema and his executive leadership are brilliant politicians, aware that racial injustice burns brighter ...

While outgoing US President Trump has repeated tantrums at the prospect of leaving the White House, a lesson in democracy from Malawi is worth paying closer attention to ...

Something’s a brewing, and something’s a bubbling in the flavour pot of world music and it comes from an unlikely source: South Korea. The K-pop/K-culture fare has spilled over into South Africa and ...

Africans are much more familiar with post-election problems than are Americans. The difference is Donald Trump pulled every trick in the book to remain president, but failed ...

It could be argued that the conceptualisation of gender equality is subjective and perhaps even relative because of the varied perspectives from which it is understood. For this reason, the debate ...

If you have ever been invited by an enthusiastic family member, friend, or work colleague to attend the graduation of a seminar that “transformed” their life, but they refused to provide details about ...

Mothers killing their children is not a new phenomenon, nor is it an “isolated case”, as the police in Timaru, New Zealand have maintained in an attempt to reassure the community. It is, however, a ...

Mary de Haas is honorary research fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Law. Her research includes sociology, medical ethics, political violence and human rights.