Human Rights

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate

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News | 11 June 2025

Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza

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News | 29 May 2025

Pride marchers celebrate progress in townships

But they call on justice system to do better, starting with the police

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Concourt hands victory to blind people after Ramaphosa’s failure to sign copyright act

Anyone with a physical, intellectual, neurological or sensory impairment can now get accessible formats of copyrighted works without asking permission

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Law | 12 May 2025

Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

Law which stripped citizenship from South Africans who took another country’s citizenship is unconstitutional

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Law | 6 May 2025

Payment delay leaves KwaZulu-Natal charities struggling

Last week the Department of Social Development notified non-profit organisations that payments will be delayed

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News | 23 April 2025

Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed

“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu

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News | 17 April 2025

Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-old’s case

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News | 8 April 2025

Judge puts an end to a lifetime of statelessness for 36-year-old

Department of Home Affairs must issue Primrose Modisane with an ID, court rules

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Law | 7 April 2025