The forgotten mining town where rape is “normal”

Women and children bear the brunt of lawlessness at Durban Deep

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Feature | 16 January 2018

JHB neighbourhood demands police station

“Crime is too high and people are dying. We need our own police station.”

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News | 12 January 2018

Forensic auditor’s recommendation on PRASA security company ignored

Unclear how such an obscure company won contracts worth R118 million from 2010 to 2016

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News | 15 December 2017

Bedfordview beggars face crackdown

Fuelled by rhetoric on crime, attitudes to beggars all over the country are hardening

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Feature | 25 October 2017

Soweto gay pride march against hate crimes

Last year’s event was cancelled

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Photo Essay | 2 October 2017

Protest at Soweto school engulfed in race tensions

Exams disrupted as parents prevent teachers from entering school

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News | 18 September 2017

Immigrants make Johannesburg a vibrant city, says rights organisation

Mayor Herman Mashaba’s attitude described as “very scary”

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News | 1 September 2017

Should the state pay damages if a police officer hurts his partner?

The High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal reached different decisions. Now the Constitutional Court must decide.

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Law | 23 August 2017

Wits students stand up for gay rights

“We stand here in pride, in solidarity and in defiance with what it means to be in a positive, beautiful and queer relationship.”

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News | 21 August 2017

African Diaspora Forum condemns comments by Mkongi, Mashaba

“We would like to remind the mayor, that foreign nationals have no expectations to be provided free houses”

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Brief | 1 August 2017

Prudence Mabele was a radical who led the struggle for openness about HIV

Her eyes would laugh with anger at Thabo Mbeki and Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

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Obituary | 22 July 2017

Red Ants turf residents out of Johannesburg building

But legality of inner city eviction under question

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News | 19 July 2017

Zuma “makes us feel awkward for being black and smart”

Large meeting demands end to corrupt presidency

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News | 19 July 2017

Big victory for immigrant rights in Constitutional Court

Home Affairs must bring all detainees held under the Immigration Act before a magistrate within 48 hours

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Law | 29 June 2017

Understanding the OGOD judgment

The role of religion in public schools is not settled quite yet

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Law | 29 June 2017