Human Rights

Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists

Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered

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News | 23 October 2024

Court interdicts are being used to stifle protest

Mining companies are especially guilty

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Opinion | 18 October 2024

Access to information: Public institutions are flouting the law

Only 20% of municipalities met their obligations to report to the Information Regulator

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Opinion | 1 October 2024

Sex workers celebrate pride in Cape Town

The event aimed to counter discrimination and stigma

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Brief | 16 September 2024

PRASA accused of contempt of court

The rail agency was ordered to restore shelter to people it evicted from Cape Town Foreshore in August

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Brief | 10 September 2024

Mike Ngulube’s desperate search for his baby’s body

A year after the Marshalltown fire which killed Memory and her mother Joyce, the child’s body has not been returned to her father

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News | 6 September 2024

The right to protest is being blocked by administrative barriers

Municipal officials often misinterpret the law

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Opinion | 26 July 2024

Queer rights: The World Bank must stand firm on Uganda

The fight for equality demands international support

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Opinion | 24 July 2024

Understanding the Namibian court ruling that decriminalised gay sex

The fact that a section of society believed that homosexuality was wrong did not mean that the violation of the rights of gay men was justified, the court said

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Law | 10 July 2024

Youth come out for Durban Pride

But government partners stay under the radar

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Brief | 1 July 2024

President urged to make sanitary pads free

I_Menstruate Movement launches “period poverty” exhibition in Franschhoek

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Brief | 24 June 2024

“I had to beg for my child’s maintenance money”

The Department of Justice’s payment portal, MojoPay, has suspended electronic payments since May due to suspected fraud

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News | 20 June 2024

Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu

In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime

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News | 20 May 2024

Gauteng’s shelter system is “broken” because of state incompetence

Several gender-based violence shelters in the province were forced to close because of uncertainty over their funding from the Department of Social Development

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News | 3 May 2024

Immigration officer slammed by judges after Ethiopian asylum seeker attempts suicide

Tsegaye Esyas says he was duped into confessing that he was in South Africa illegally

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Law | 24 April 2024

Elections 2024: South Africa is one of the few African countries where prisoners can vote

But the right of prisoners to vote has at times been resisted by the government and the Independent Electoral Commission

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News | 24 April 2024