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For Women, South Africa's struggle continues

Stories of the women who are building post-apartheid South Africa. Share your views in the Across Women's Lives <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/833763303311433/" target="_blank">Facebook group</a>

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University of Cape Town students.
Culture
Here’s how South African students talk about race and gender
Trader Nono Dawane greets customers at her shop selling cigarettes and cold drinks, in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.
Culture
South Africa is a ‘less equal place’ now than under apartheid, author says
Development
Who is the most powerful woman in your life?
Development
Women can do anything, says this South African crane operator
Nobom Ntsuntswana (right) supervises a sewing project at the skills training center where she works in Cape Town.
Development
Despite hardships, this South African woman won’t ‘let the devil steal my joy’
Nora Suselo (R) and her mother Gladys, domestic workers in Cape Town, South Africa.
Justice
South Africa’s tradition of domestic work continues post-apartheid
The Mraqisa family (L to R): father Lindela, son Bukho, daughter Ongeziwe and mother Nosicelo outside their home in Gugulethu Township.
Development
These South African men tackle violence against women — starting with themselves
Sheryl Ozinsky, one of the founders of the Oranjezicht City Farm in Cape Town, selling produce at the Saturday market.
Development
‘You can’t be a sissy to live in Africa’
Janap Masoet outside her sister Niesa Bosch’s house in Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap neighborhood.
Justice
In a beautiful part of Cape Town, these sisters still miss a home apartheid took away
Music
Cape Town’s Fancy Galada sings to heal herself and others