South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country's new most senior judge. Her term ...

News South Africa's First Female Chief Justice: US-Educated Trailblazer Maya Mandisa Maya Mandisa has a distinguished career advocating for women's and human rights.

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has called for a “more ...

When the International Court of Justice delivered its preliminary ruling Jan. 26 on the genocide claims brought against Israel by South Africa, a lone voice on the 17-judge panel objected to all ...

Women have come a long way since the Women's March in 1956, but a lot more needs to be done if they are to realise their potential as equal partners in society. Read the original article on COSATU .

One in three South African women over 18 — or more than seven million — have been victims of physical violence at some point in their lives, the statistics say.