Human Rights

Payment delay leaves KwaZulu-Natal charities struggling

Last week the Department of Social Development notified non-profit organisations that payments will be delayed

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News | 23 April 2025

Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed

“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu

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News | 17 April 2025

Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-old’s case

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News | 8 April 2025

Judge puts an end to a lifetime of statelessness for 36-year-old

Department of Home Affairs must issue Primrose Modisane with an ID, court rules

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Law | 7 April 2025

Campaign launched to help stateless people become citizens

Hundreds take part in human rights festival at Constitutional Hill

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News | 24 March 2025

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

Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

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Photo Essay | 21 March 2025

Asylum seekers face arrest while they battle broken system

Refugees without valid visas are blocked from applying for asylum

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News | 18 March 2025

People trying to seek asylum should not be deported, court hears

Human rights organisation wants Refugees Act amendments declared unconstitutional

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Law | 28 February 2025

Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice

Litigation against the vigilante group started a year ago

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News | 26 February 2025

Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point

Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands

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Brief | 22 February 2025

Goma Call For Peace campaign launched at St George’s Cathedral

Religious leaders and civil society groups call for end to the war

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Brief | 6 February 2025

Blind people can access copyrighted works, rules Concourt — again

Copyright Bill remains subject of litigation

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Law | 13 December 2024

Father’s heartbreaking 15-month search for baby’s body after Marshalltown fire

Broken promises and dashed hopes in Mike Ngulube’s desperate quest to locate Memory’s misplaced body

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News | 4 December 2024

Gqeberha Pride Festival: sports uniting communities

Hosting netball games gets more people involved in Pride

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Brief | 25 November 2024

EThekwini faces backlash over last-minute invites to homeless workshop

The invite was a “sop to inclusivity and disrespectful” to stakeholders and homeless people, says Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre

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News | 16 November 2024

How the Legal Resources Centre has fought for human rights

Speech by Geoff Budlender on accepting the fourth George Bizos Human Rights Award

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Opinion | 4 November 2024