The humanitarian disaster in Somalia has once again led to a series of images of emaciated children being published by the media. This has prompted questions around the purpose and […]...
So what about Ukuthwala? In its most basic description it is the practice of kidnapping girls for marriage. Forced marriage is illegal. Forced marriage also falls under the purpose of […]...
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Media Monitoring Africa condemns Sunday World demeaning ‘coloured woman’ and display sexism This last Sunday Khuli Roberts produced an opinion piece titled, “Jou ma se kinders” (February 2011, pg. 10). […]...
In South Africa, racism and xenophobia, widely recognised as human rights violations, are particularly pertinent. A long history of institutionalised racism, most recently apartheid, saw the classification, segregation and discrimination […]...
Around the world people celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It symbolised the end of the Cold War and signified the start of a new […]...
Little information exists on the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment (CIDT) in postapartheid South Africa. However, despite the dearth of research and information, […]...
Extreme news sells. Items that are different from everyday life, items that disturb people. Crime is therefore a good subject for newspapers’ front pages from a commercial point of view. […]...
A picture says more than a thousand words. And some of them have the power to encapsulate events and become the visual symbol for political or humanitarian situations. An example […]...