Women in various parts of South Africa have taken to the streets to protest the increasing levels of gender-based violence in the country under the ‘Total Shutdown’ banner.

An image from Maluleka's Nike campaign in South Africa. Bassie Maluleka “I feel like with the creativity that is there, (women) need to be offered more (opportunities),” she said.

Now South African women's football is reaping the rewards of its Vision 2022 strategy to grow the women's game. For a long time, the country played second fiddle to continental giants Nigeria.

“I got two types of customers, she’s either super rich, or a lady who saved up R8000 ($600 at current exchange rate) for the dress,” South African fashion designer Thula Sindi tells me as we ...

So far there are no women billionaires in Africa. But these nine women are among the continent's richest, with fortunes of at least $50 million.

South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates on Earth — there were more than 7,700 murders recorded in the third quarter of 2023 alone. Journalists from MambaOnline.com documented at least ...