Human Rights
Court bid to stop seismic survey starts today
Shell’s attempt to explore for oil and gas off the Wild Coast was interdicted late last year pending the outcome of this hearing
News | 30 May 2022
Why independent healthcare inside prisons is vital
Prisoners are overlooked in an already unequal health system
Opinion | 25 May 2022
Court rules on the limit of the Human Rights Commission’s powers
“It needs to be understood that the SAHRC is not a punisher of human rights violations, it is an educator, transformer and empowerer,” says Judge
Law | 16 May 2022
Broken bureaucracy violating prisoners’ rights
Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 10 May 2022
Court battle over whether you have to pay to protest
Right2Know versus City of Johannesburg case will be heard next week
Law | 22 April 2022
Court sets out new guidelines for surrogacy agreements
Existing children of a woman who agrees to act as a surrogate must be psychologically assessed, judge says
Law | 20 April 2022
Free Gender says Khayelitsha police are mishandling murder case of lesbian woman
Access to justice for black lesbians and people in Khayelitsha is “elusive”
News | 14 April 2022
Trapped in a waterlogged shack with her children during Durban floods
Mother recalls desperate moments
News | 13 April 2022
Hanover Park soup kitchen fighting for survival
“People are hungry and most of them are unemployed” says feeding scheme director
News | 12 April 2022