President Ramaphosa to Address UN General Assembly
#UNGA78 Attention: Editors DATE: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 WHEN President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers South Africa’s statement to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, [...]
Celebrating Women’s Month: Honouring Tembakazi Peter, a beacon of inspiration!
Meet Tembakazi Peter, an extraordinary community leader and the visionary founder of Farmers Network in Kwa-Bhaca Mount Frere, South Africa. 🌱🌍 This dynamic cooperative is a lifeline for [...]
Reflecting on Women’s Day: Empowering Change and Equality
Reflecting on Women’s Day: Empowering Change and Equality In commemoration of Women’s Day in South Africa, Channel Africa invited Oxfam South for a reflective session. The insightful [...]
Addressing food security & inequality in Africa
Lebogang Ramafoko, executive director of Oxfam South Africa, is an outspoken feminist and social justice activist with an unbroken advocacy record for women and girls’ rights. Oxfam South [...]
Safe haven for Morondava
Oxfam South Africa and its partners in Madagascar have built the first safe haven in the city of Morondava. The area is prone to disasters due to cyclones, and often schools have to be used as [...]
#CSW2023: Achieving gender equality in tech
Oxfam South Africa believes gender equality can be achieved in the tech industry. The organisation’s Executive Director, Lebogang Ramafoko, spoke about the requirements needed to achieve [...]
WATCH: 14th Annual Alternative Mining Indaba
Oxfam South Africa and its partners attended the 14th annual Alternative Mining Indaba in Cape Town from the 7th – 9th of February 2023. The AMI was held under the theme, “A just [...]
Myrtle Witbooi Tribute
Oxfam South Africa and the social justice and human rights community mourn the passing of Myrtle Witbooi. At the time of her death, Witbooi was the general secretary of the South African Domestic [...]
Violence Doesn’t Just Live In The Fists
By Vuyokazi Futshane-Project Officer at Oxfam South Africa Austerity as an invisible and deadly form of violence, precisely because we cannot see, hear, touch, taste or smell it. The story of [...]
Economic Violence is Gender-Based Violence
The South African Police Services reported on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, that over 17 000 cases of gender-based violence were reported across the country between July and September 2022. This [...]
