Human Rights
Phoenix “vigilante killings”: dozens march to police station demanding judicial inquiry
“I saw so much hate in people’s eyes as they beat me up”
News | 16 August 2021
Court orders church to pay transgender woman R600,000 in damages
International Pentecost Holiness Church members undressed Karabo Ndlovu to conduct a gender test
Law | 4 August 2021
The Human Rights Commission is wrong: vaccines are not always optional
The Commission is undermining the state’s vaccine programme
Opinion | 29 July 2021
Law graduates to challenge legal profession’s discrimination against immigrants
Zimbabwean-born and fully South African qualified advocate works as a waiter because of legal profession’s rules
Law | 27 July 2021
Declaring a State of Emergency explained
Some people have been calling for a State of Emergency to be declared because of civil unrest in the country
Law | 15 July 2021
There is no right to carry a gun under our Constitution
Yet much debate on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is based on the “right” to have a gun for self-defence
Opinion | 6 July 2021
Gun lobby says proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Bill won’t reduce violent crime
The police ministry has received over 100,000 submissions on the bill. Comment period extended to 2 August
News | 1 July 2021
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