Lunchtime Conversation on GBV, Mental Health and the Role of the Faith Sector: a Sacred Space
A sacred space – a space of deep sharing and learning. This was the essence of our third Online Lunchtime Conversation on the impact of…
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Partner profile: Restorative Justice Centre
The Restorative Justice Centre (RJC) is passionate about the value that restorative justice, conflict transformation and peacebuilding have for South Africa. Despite the high prevalence…
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Doing Justice Restoratively
Restorative justice was the theme of August 2025’ Monthly Forum, held by Faith Action Collective to End GBV in partnership with We Will Speak Out…
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Lunchtime Conversation on GBV and the NSP
By Dr Leonora Alberts Vilakazi In the Faith Action Collective’s first Lunchtime Conversation on 10 September 2025, we looked at the alignment of our Interfaith GBV…
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My Journey to a Better World
By Tom Fikiri Masarara I grew up in Burundi, East Central Africa, in a polygamous Christian family. My father had four wives, and in 1989,…
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Harnessing the NSP on GBVF on our road towards a GBV-free society
The faith sector is a critical stakeholder in the national whole-society initiative to bringing an end to the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) plaguing South…
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Faith Action Forum Briefing: Concerns with the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Act, 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024)
By #NotFitForPurpose At a recent Faith Action Forum meeting, Pinky Mgobozi from the #NotFitForPurpose Campaign outlined serious concerns about the new National Council on GBVF, which government is in…
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The Faith Sector’s Crucial Role in Gender Justice this Women’s Day
By Dr Leonora Alberts Vilakazi As South Africa prepares to commemorate National Women’s Day on August 9th, a day that honours the courageous women who…
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Amadodana arise
At our recent Monthly Forum meeting, Hynd Shongwe shared about Amadodana (Young Men’s Guild) of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Highveld and Eswatini District…
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The Willow’s Secret, The Farm’s Silence: Leo’s True Story
My story begins on a farm in Mpumalanga, back when I was just six years old. The sun would beat down, a typical South African…
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