Human Rights

Law on naming sexual offence suspects challenged in court

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development is opposing the application

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Law | 19 February 2026

Residents demand answers about future of Atlantis centre

City of Cape Town says property use is still under consideration

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News | 18 February 2026

Sewage is spilling into Cofimvaba River

Villagers and livestock have been drinking rancid river water

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Brief | 16 February 2026

60 years since District Six declared whites-only area

Many families are still waiting for restitution

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Brief | 12 February 2026

Gaza flotilla members visit Robben Island: call for release of Palestinian prisoners

The group compared Israel’s detention and justice system to apartheid South Africa

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Brief | 9 February 2026

Parents exhume son’s remains five years after state mistakenly buried him

In 2021, Msindisi Phike was buried by the state as a pauper while his family was still waiting for his DNA results to be completed

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Brief | 29 January 2026

Durban mayor urged to investigate assaults on homeless people

People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security’s masked guards. The company denies this.

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News | 18 December 2025

GBV victims travel nearly 200km to reach nearest state shelter

A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go

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News | 21 November 2025

How common are same-sex unions in South Africa? We found out

Our data repudiate the idea that same-sex relationships are a reflection of modernity or a Western cultural import

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Science | 14 November 2025