Every year since 1995, South Africa has celebrated Freedom Day. It's one of the most important Public Holidays because of what it represents and how it has shaped democratic South Africa. On 27 April 1994, the very first democratic elections took place in South...
16 Days of Activism began last Friday, 25 November. It takes place annually, and one of the major goals of 16 Days of Activism, aside from raising awareness, is to help empower people so they know when their rights are being violated and what their options are if...
With August being observed as Women’s Month and August 09 as Women’s Day, we at Sheba often find ourselves at a cross roads. Firstly because as a community that celebrates and considers themselves inclusive, we find that the terminology surrounding women’s month is often exclusionary. In fact the understanding of womanhood is exclusionary. What is a woman? And secondly because there is very little to celebrate about being a woman in South Africa!
