Human Rights
Vital Concourt judgment on warrantless searches
Case arises out of “degrading and invasive” raids on “poor and vulnerable” communities in downtown Johannesburg
Law | 25 October 2021
Homeless people organise to vote in local elections
National Homeless Network presents manifesto to ANC, DA, IFP, and Action SA in Durban meeting
News | 22 October 2021
Police use stun grenades to break up Cape Town housing protest
This followed a raid of the Woodstock Hospital occupation earlier on Friday
News | 15 October 2021
Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful
People do not choose to live in a public parking area out of malice or wilfulness but out of desperation and need, says judge
Law | 11 October 2021
Matriculant petitions for stateless youths to get into universities
She is among many South African-born children with immigrant parents struggling to get identification documents
News | 7 October 2021
Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle
The “book famine” is over as Copyright Act declared unconstitutional
Law | 21 September 2021
How a determined community is fighting the army’s attempts to evict them
Happiness Village’s residents fear for their lives and face unlawful evictions, beatings and intimidation, legal action and shack demolitions
Feature | 9 September 2021
City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court
Ndifuna Ukwazi says City by-laws cannot be allowed to trump constitutional rights
News | 6 September 2021
“The investigating officer in charge of my case used to chill with my rapist”
Rape Crisis marks six years since the launch of its Rape Survivors’ Justice Campaign
News | 27 August 2021