Human Rights
Justice delayed is justice denied: Court frees man convicted of rape after it took seven years to prosecute him
Magistrate and prosecutor “deserve censure of the strongest kind” rule two KZN judges
Law | 28 June 2021
Triangle Project concerned by delayed hate crimes bill
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill stalled since 2018
News | 28 June 2021
Concourt punishes litigants for defaming judges
Punitive cost order made against tribal authority that made unsubstantiated allegations
Law | 21 June 2021
“Walk of Resistance” against Amazon site
A petition signed by 50,000 people opposing the R4.5bn mega-development has been handed over to Mayor Dan Plato
News | 17 June 2021
Dispute over quality of prison food
Correctional services say claims by Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison are “nowhere near reality”
Brief | 11 June 2021
It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.”
Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel
Opinion | 8 June 2021
Failure to fix pit latrines in Limpopo schools “outrageous”
Equal Education says there were 472 schools with pit latrines in 2019, and that grew to 515 in 2020
Law | 4 June 2021
Parliament rebukes SAPS for poor discipline as watchdog probes 794 killings by police
But Parliament has failed to enforce its recommendations in the past
News | 25 May 2021
Solidarity protest for dock workers who stalled Israeli ship
Action against the vessel was part of a global call for workers and trade unions to refuse to unload Israeli ships
Brief | 22 May 2021