by Thoko Mpumlwana | Nov 10, 2024 | Opinion
South African Women in Dialogue joins Ilitha Labantu and our many sister organisations in mourning the passing of Mandisa Monakali, a giant in the African and global women’s movement, and express our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones, and to all those...
by Thoko Mpumlwana | Jun 23, 2024 | Opinion
On the occasion of the African Union (AU) 44th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, held on 14-15 February, and the subsequent 37th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly on 17-18 February 2024—wherein a report on the situation in Palestine was considered—we, a...
by Thoko Mpumlwana | Jun 23, 2024 | Opinion
We, a coalition of individual women and women’s organisations from across South Africa, declare that women have been the majority of the electorate in South Africa throughout our thirty years of democracy, and account for 55.25% of the 27,672,264 registered voters in...
by Thoko Mpumlwana | Jul 23, 2023 | Opinion
We hear from all quarters of the country that we are in a state of crisis. Increasingly, the term “failed state” comes to the fore due to disarray in which national and local government, business and ordinary citizens find themselves. The energy...