Human Rights
New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics
The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate
By Jan Bornman
News | 11 June 2025
Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day
Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza
By Matthew Hirsch and Ihsaan Haffejee
News | 29 May 2025
Pride marchers celebrate progress in townships
But they call on justice system to do better, starting with the police
Brief | 19 May 2025
Concourt hands victory to blind people after Ramaphosa’s failure to sign copyright act
Anyone with a physical, intellectual, neurological or sensory impairment can now get accessible formats of copyrighted works without asking permission
Law | 12 May 2025
Constitutional Court rules on citizenship
Law which stripped citizenship from South Africans who took another country’s citizenship is unconstitutional
Law | 6 May 2025
Payment delay leaves KwaZulu-Natal charities struggling
Last week the Department of Social Development notified non-profit organisations that payments will be delayed
News | 23 April 2025
Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed
“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu
News | 17 April 2025
Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe
There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-old’s case
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Ihsaan Haffejee
News | 8 April 2025
Judge puts an end to a lifetime of statelessness for 36-year-old
Department of Home Affairs must issue Primrose Modisane with an ID, court rules
Law | 7 April 2025