Human Rights
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
Campaign launched to help stateless people become citizens
Hundreds take part in human rights festival at Constitutional Hill
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 24 March 2025
Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”
Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township
Photo Essay | 21 March 2025
Asylum seekers face arrest while they battle broken system
Refugees without valid visas are blocked from applying for asylum
By Kimberly Mutandiro and Daniel Steyn
News | 18 March 2025
People trying to seek asylum should not be deported, court hears
Human rights organisation wants Refugees Act amendments declared unconstitutional
By Daniel Steyn
Law | 28 February 2025