by admin | Nov 29, 2023 | Representation, SEW
South Africa withdrew its bid to host the 2027 World Cup on Friday, citing issues with the time frame for preparation for the event. “The time frame for developing the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup bid has been challenging. This does not diminish our commitment to...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Caster Semenya always knew she was destined for greatness. She thought it would be as a soccer player, and dreamed, as a young girl growing up in the small village of Ga-Masehlong in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, that she’d play for the national women’s team,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
As the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) prepares to take on South Africa at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, the team is also gearing up to say goodbye to one of its most integral members of the last few years, soccer great Julie Ertz. The game, which kicks off at 7.30 p.m....
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya failed in her latest bid to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Games, finishing well outside the qualifying mark for the 5000m. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Black women’s excellence is continuously undermined in a world that refuses to even recognize their humanity. In the case of the South African runner Caster Semenya, the latest ruling on the legality of her body exemplifies how discrimination is codified in the very...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Caster Semenya’s fight continues. In February, the South African runner filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, for the right to run in the Tokyo Olympics in her preferred event: the 800-m, a race in which Semenya is the two-time defending Olympic...
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