The term “Crime Against Humanity” is highly charged politically and emotionally. The formal definition of this term is presented by the United Nations. It is defined as: ”Any acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack, murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation or forcible […]
The welfare state has not worked! SA needs an entrepreneurial state
Lehumo Sejaphala  Dec 9 2019
25 years after the dawn of democracy, South Africa has become the most economically unequal society in the world. The top 1 % of South Africanʼs population owns 70.9 percent of the nationʼs wealth. The bottom 60 percent of South Africans collectively control only 7 % of the countryʼs assets.This is according to a 2018 World Bank […]
Institutional culture promotes male dominance ideology
Professor Charlene van der Walt  Dec 9 2019
A couple of years back, while pastoring a Christian faith community, an incident occurred that altered the course of my life. A well-known congregation member approached a colleague and shared with him a disturbing narrative about how sexual abuse was prevalent in her home, and how she had to structure her everyday life in order […]
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A couple of years back, while pastoring a Christian faith community, an incident occurred that altered the course of my life. A well-known congregation...