South Africa

Gauteng High Court proposes mandatory mediation for civil cases

Judges Matter welcomes the move but says more judges are needed

Campaign launched to help stateless people become citizens

Hundreds take part in human rights festival at Constitutional Hill

Quick explainer: what VAT means for you

Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”

Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists

“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat

SASSA explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Systems are being improved to solve the problem

Former lottery official fails in court bid to unfreeze his pension fund

Judge says former NLC chief risk officer Marubini Ramatsekisa didn’t explain how he could live at an expensive golf estate while claiming to be unemployed

Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha

Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply