Have we made progress as a society in terms of women’s rights?
The tale of women’s advancement in South Africa takes the form of perennial friction between what could be and the prevailing reality of well-documented inequities. The three levers of the state, the executive, legislature and judiciary, are a case in point.
It is now 30 years after Frene Ginwala’s pioneering role as the inaugural speaker in the legislature, an event which burst open the promise of women’s social advancement. The nomination and possible ascent of incumbent Deputy…
