Human Rights
Children’s shelter faces closure after department stops funding
“We have no option but to go out in the streets begging” says a 20-year-old living at the shelter
News | 2 March 2021
A dying man makes the case for legalising euthanasia
“My biggest fear is that when my love of life reaches the stage of fearing life, I will not be able to die” says Diethelm Harck
Law | 1 March 2021
Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
News | 26 February 2021
Judgment reserved in Drakenstein emergency housing case
Court was “left to speculate” about the municipality’s emergency housing plan, argues advocate
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2021
Constitutional Court outlaws bigotry from beyond the grave
The court overturned a will written 119 years ago which stipulated that only male descendants could inherit
Law | 23 February 2021
Continued prohibition of political gatherings is irrational
“Government appears to be leveraging the pandemic to suppress dissent”
Opinion | 22 February 2021
Police accused of failing to act on complaints against SANDF
Lawyers for Human Rights to compel police to investigate string of alleged assaults and torture carried out by soldiers
News | 12 February 2021
SLAPP in the face for Australian mining company
“Victory for activism and free speech” as judge rules in favour of SA lawyers, activists and social worker
By John Yeld
Law | 10 February 2021
Atheists go to court over right to die
“Christian values are imposed on people who do not necessarily share those values,” they say
Law | 9 February 2021