Human Rights

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Apartheid-era gatherings act declared unconstitutional

Victory for Social Justice Coalition after protest

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News | 24 January 2018

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Police shut down immigrant shops

We use the shop to survive because we are both jobless, says shopkeeper

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News | 8 January 2018

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Victory for women in polygamous marriages

Constitutional Court recognises their property rights

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Law | 7 December 2017

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Durban activists defy bad weather to protest against council media ban

“They want to pass this law because they want to continue stealing money”

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Brief | 6 December 2017

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Rape survivors deserve privacy in court, says Rape Crisis

Call for Khayelitsha to have a special sexual offences court

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News | 5 December 2017

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Farm workers accuse police and farmers of working “hand in glove”

Dispute on Eastern Cape farm after video shows farmer pulling down family’s home extension.

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News | 21 November 2017

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Human Rights Commission hears of abuses in remote towns

SAHRC says it wants to be “more accessible” to people living far from big cities

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News | 21 November 2017

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Tokyo Sexwale’s report frustrates Palestinian hopes

FIFA allowed off the hook by struggle veteran’s failure to take legally correct and just stand on Israeli occupation

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Law | 10 November 2017

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Girl alleged principal hit her after epileptic fit

A 17-year-old learner says she was slapped, then beaten a few days later by a security guard at her school

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News | 2 November 2017