Human Rights
“I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”
People who find themselves stateless in South Africa struggle to rectify their situation
News | 15 March 2021
Home Affairs bureaucracy: Woman can’t get an ID or register her child’s birth
Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago
Brief | 15 March 2021
Cape Town residents clean up after first rains
Some Mfuleni residents spent Wednesday morning clearing their waterlogged homes
Photo Essay | 11 March 2021
Home Affairs says it will clear 68-year backlog in refugee applications in four years
The UNHCR and Home Affairs have announced a US$9.6 million asylum seeker backlog project
News | 9 March 2021
The Justice department has upgraded the Khayelitsha sexual offences court. But Rape Crisis say it’s not enough
Activists picketed outside the department’s regional office in Cape Town on Monday to demand better upgrades
News | 8 March 2021
An employee was attacked at work. A court has ruled that she can sue her employer
“On the facts of this case, the assault took on racial and gendered overtones”
Law | 8 March 2021
Demand for police to investigate torture allegations against SANDF
“We have been living in fear because both the police and army are failing to protect us”
News | 5 March 2021
Right to die: Dying doctor’s testimony to be heard in camera
Lawyers cite patient confidentiality as the reason for barring the media
Law | 5 March 2021
Right to die: patients would be vulnerable to unscrupulous doctors and relatives, judge hears
Health Professions Council’s lawyer argues that a legal option available to people is to starve themselves to death
News | 4 March 2021