Opinion

What the SA Human Rights Commission is doing to advance queer rights

SAHRC is involved in a number of initiatives including high-profile litigation

We need to change the law on gender recognition

Ordinary administrative tasks are fraught with risk for trans people

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

How history of “Kill the Boer” has been distorted

Nationalists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means

Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

Because we can’t make sense of them

Mediation will unclog court backlog

There are far too many cases in which the litigants don’t know what they want the judge to decide

Mining companies are breaking their promises - and the state is doing nothing about it

MACUA report finds mining companies are not sticking to their Social and Labour Plans

Trump’s great talent: Diversion

The Afrikaner refugee spectacle is so much more entertaining than AIDS and Israel

Workers’ Day: have trade unions lost their way?

Remembering the heritage of the Haymarket Martyrs

Our HIV programme is collapsing — and our government is nowhere to be seen

But urgent action can save us

Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

South Africa could do far more for Congolese refugees

The long war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced millions of people

Tariffs: Trump is punishing poor countries which export more to the US than they import

People in developing countries will lose jobs and poverty will rise

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out

Courts are being used to silence journalists and activists

Companies and officials are using legal measures meant for domestic violence victims to gag reporters

JSC must urgently fill vacant posts and hold judges to account

This week the Judicial Services Commission will hold interviews for judges and decide on two important disciplinary matters