Human Rights
Prisoners were tortured at Leeuwkop prison, court finds
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is 100% liable to pay damages
Law | 31 August 2023
Uyinene Mrwetyana’s family want Post Office transformed into “a place of healing”
Hundreds marched to the Clareinch post office in Claremont to commemorate four years since her rape and murder
Brief | 28 August 2023
Painting, knitting and cooking: Mandela Day brings people together
Activities ranged from painting an animal clinic, knitting for charity and taking free health services to the doorsteps of elderly people
By Liezl Human, Sandiso Phaliso and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 18 July 2023
Little action from government to help older people live healthier, happier lives
South Africa’s participation in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing has not achieved much so far
By Daniel Steyn
Feature | 18 July 2023
Son buried by municipality without family’s knowledge
Family intends to exhume the body and sue the state
News | 15 June 2023
Foundation honouring Uyinene Mrwetyana kicks off with programme for boys
The foundation’s aim is to foster responsible and compassionate young men through sports as a strategy to combat gender-based violence and femicide.
Brief | 15 June 2023
Any damages suffered by man dragged naked from his shack is his own doing, says City of Cape Town
Bulelani Qolani is suing the City for R1.4-million
News | 6 June 2023
Child protection services raise alarm on funding shortfalls
Funding for child protection programmes in the Western Cape has not kept pace with inflation
News | 31 May 2023
March in Khayelitsha to mark 10 years of Khumbulani Pride
“There are no other spaces like this” says Triangle Project’s Sharon Cox
Brief | 23 May 2023