South African women stage lie-down protest against gender-based violence ahead of G20 summit

Hundreds of women wearing black have gathered in a Johannesburg park to protest gender-based violence in South Africa ...
New York Post

South African farmer, employees accused of feeding women to pigs after decomposing bodies discovered in sty

A white South African farmer and two of his workers were in court Friday accused of murdering two black women and feeding their remains to pigs, shocking the country. Zachariah Olivier, 60, and ...
CNN

Advertising is missing Black women. This photographer is on a quest to change that, both in front of and behind the lens

Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images will likely have a common theme. That’s by design. By highlighting Black ...
Reuters

Kenya's slum women risk health to avoid violence: group

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal ...
Reuters

In South Africa's slums, mob justice rules

KHAYELITSHA, South Africa (Reuters) - Beaten and set alight, Ncedile Gigi's unrecognisable remains have not been buried since March, when a mob fed up with poor policing took the law into their own ...
People

South African Farm Worker Testifies He Was Forced to Feed Two Women’s Corpses to Pigs

Two women looking for food tried to steal nearly-expired dairy left out as animal feed on a rural South African farm. Hours later, their bodies were being fed to pigs AP Photo Maria Makgato, 45, and ...
The New York Times

U.S. soccer ‘monitoring the situation’ involving North African protests ahead of Women’s World Cup

The demonstrations have been fueled by growing anger over heavy spending on preparations for FIFA’s 2030 men’s World Cup, rather than on public services. (C. Morgan Engel/Getty Images) U.S. Soccer ...