Human Rights
Responding rationally to Ebola
Tightening border controls is not the way to prevent an outbreak of Ebola in South Africa, writes Nathan Geffen.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 16 October 2014
Getting community service for lawyers right
A new law is intended to make it easier for poor people to get decent legal representation. But there is much to be done to make it work, writes Liat Davis.
Liat Davis
Opinion | 13 October 2014
How an Ebola clinic works
“So just think of the one who is about to die, trapped behind hundreds of walls sizzling with heat, while at the same time, there are all those people, on the telephone or in cafes …” - The Plague by Albert Camus.
Kathryn Stinson
Opinion | 13 October 2014
How I crossed the border illegally
Every day, hundreds of Zimbabweans cross the Beit Bridge border across the Limpopo River into South Africa - some of them illegally. GroundUp reporter Tariro Washinyira joined them.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 13 October 2014
Hangberg man to sue police
The man assaulted by police at his home in Hangberg last week is preparing to bring a civil claim against the police. Meanwhile, Hout Bay’s police commissioner has said that neither he nor his staff knew of the covert operation by the National Intervention Unit.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 10 October 2014
SJC trial: “We wanted the City to see we were serious”
Emotions ran high in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday as Social Justice Coalition’s(SJC) general secretary, Phumeza Mlungwana, was cross-examined about last year’s protest on the steps of the Cape Town Civic Centre.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 October 2014
Lwandle commission recommends reforms to prevent illegal evictions
The Commission of Inquiry into the Lwandle evictions has recommended changes to legislation to prevent illegal evictions in future.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 8 October 2014
Week in activism
This week we look at the SERI’s workshop on law related to eviction, the social dialogue for the gay and lesbian community, TAC’s march for better services and IOM’s public debate on human trafficking.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 8 October 2014
SJC members defend civic centre protest
Protests are a way to be heard and not just an event, Social Justice Coalition general secretary Phumeza Mlungwana told the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Mary-Anne Gontsana and Lea Bork
News | 7 October 2014