Civil Society
Soweto welfare centre struggling to help orphans after robbery
R50,000 worth of food and six computers stolen from Sizanani Caregivers
By Mosa Damane
News | 3 July 2020
Protesters against gender-based violence complain of being manhandled by police
Arrested demonstrators were crammed into vans and kept together in a cell for breaking Covid-19 regulations
News | 2 July 2020
Civil society steps in to monitor complaints against the police and army
Earlier lockdown restrictions prevented many people from reporting abuses, says activist
By Liezl Human
News | 15 June 2020
Free State ordered to pay NPOs R120 million in outstanding subsidies
“If financial constraints were an issue, the respondents should have played open cards,” says judge
Law | 26 May 2020
Court challenge to government’s “peanut butter sandwich ban”
Lockdown regulations stop or intimidate charities’ food handouts
Law | 25 May 2020
Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats
Civil society network feeding more than 1,300 children in Lavender Hill and surrounds
Text by Steve Kretzmann. Photos by Brenton Geach.
Feature | 17 April 2020
No end to water rationing in Makhanda
Water crisis could have been avoided, says residents’ association
News | 2 March 2020
“The struggle against corruption is a struggle for human rights”
Civil society working group submits recommendations to Zondo Commission
By Liezl Human
News | 19 February 2020
Archbishop: 2020 to be the year of the orange jumpsuit
Civil society rallies against state capture
News | 13 February 2020