School withdraws xenophobic letter

“If any foreign child arrives here on Monday we will phone the police …” - Eastleigh Primary letter to parents

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Brief | 27 February 2017

How our Constitution views animals

Court says “animals are sentient beings” capable of suffering and pain

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Law | 22 February 2017

Land Claims Court halts eviction of 2,000 people in Kempton Park

Some residents have been on the land since 1958

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Law | 17 February 2017

Vigilante violence leaves Malawian family homeless

“The police do nothing so the people have decided to mobilise and handle the matter themselves”

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News | 13 February 2017

Soweto man in court for trespassing in his own home

Solomon Nhlapo’s house was auctioned for R100 by Nedbank in 2014

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News | 10 February 2017

Soweto drama group aims to tour National Arts Festival

They perform a play about growing up on township streets

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News | 8 February 2017

TAC calls for Roche to drop price of cancer drug

Activists say that with generic competition trastuzumab could be R3,500 per course instead of the current price of over R200,000

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News | 7 February 2017

Vigil for Shiraaz Mohamed urges his safe return

Gift of the Givers refugee camp in Syria renamed after kidnapped photographer

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News | 20 January 2017

Is it constitutional to make hate speech an offence?

An analysis of the Hate Crimes Bill

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Law | 17 January 2017

Immigrants picket Mashaba’s anti-immigrant comments

“Overwhelming evidence that some migrants do not possess paperwork because of corruption, maladministration and bureaucratic hurdles” at Home Affairs, says protest leader

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News | 19 December 2016

Court affirms Medicines Control Council’s powers

Judgment is a victory for the scientific governance of medicine

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Law | 12 December 2016

Campaign collects names of murdered sex workers

Unsolved cases collect  dust in police files, says activist

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Brief | 8 December 2016

Hundreds march against nuclear deal

High Court will hear Earthlife's case in December

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Photo Essay | 18 November 2016

Ballet on the rise in JHB

Children from Alexandra, Soweto, Braamfontein and Hillbrow are being trained in classical dance

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Brief | 15 November 2016

Refugee sleeps better selling pillows

Tafadzwa Mukwayo makes pillows out of recycled material, and sells them

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News | 14 November 2016