The topic of violence against women is in the spotlight again. Not because there was an increase in statistics, but the prominence of the cases took the spotlight and forced people to engage. National discourse shifted and story after story of violence against women and children surfaced. For some who more aware of this devastating scourge on our society may have been asking “this has been...
At the centre of the Christian faith stands Jesus. As the ‘word became flesh’ (John 1:14), we can look to the life, ministry and teachings of Jesus to find out more about the Creator God, who dwells in unapproachable light (1 Tim 6:16). You want to see the Father? Look to Jesus (John 14:9). If you want to know how...
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In April 2017 activist @DanielleMuscato posed a hypothetical question for women on Twitter about the things they’d do if there were no men around in public after 9pm. A year later she asked the question again amid the sexual assault allegations levied again Brett Kavanaugh, a supreme court judge candidate in the US. Thousands of women replied. Clearly this idea resonated with the women on the twitterverse. One woman’s response sums up...
How would you finish this sentence: “If I could show people of other ethnicities what it is like for people like me to live in Cape Town, I would show them…”? We collected a range of anonymous responses from fellow residents of our city. They have not been edited for grammar or brevity. All biographical data collected was optional. These are windows...
As we have conversations about race and diversity, it is important to clarify what we mean by the words we use. Below we clarify a number of key phrases or words that appear throughout the many resources on this site that address these topics. This is a list of working definitions, researched and collated, to create a starting point for common...
