UP students on and off campus should be informed about and supported in their experience with gender-based violence (GBV). Here are measures you can take or recommend to someone who experiences GBV. The most important thing that we can all do to support survivors of...
A statue of Mandela, a police memorial, a statue of 1924-1939 Prime Minister Hertzog, among others, grace the Union Building’s public area, but the Women’s Day memorial is not on public display. On 9 August 1956, the streets of Pretoria saw 20 000 women of all races...
This is a: ‘If you liked this, you might like this’, like Netflix for African fiction beginners. If you liked Anne of Green Gables or the Enid Blyton books, you might enjoy… Nervous Conditions. Want to read a story about a school-girl and her adventures in moving from...
This is a top 10 list of fantastic South African and African Bookstagrammers on Instagram that PDBY recommends if you want to know more about African literature, read reviews, and generally engage with the Instagram bookish community. @flowahh_ (4936 followers) What...
From the famous author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus and Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, comes a new contemplative and intimate book about grief during a global pandemic: Notes on Grief. The book tells a story of family...
