Human Rights

Young leaders call on president to take action against xenophobia

Open letter to President Jacob Zuma and Minister Malusi Gigaba

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Opinion | 28 February 2017

Home Affairs sued over sex description

Three transgender women and their spouses seek to compel Home Affairs to amend the national population register, their birth certificates, and issue new IDs.

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Brief | 23 February 2017

Victory for Denneboom Station traders

Lawyers for Human Rights commended both the new mall developers and the City of Tshwane for engaging with the traders

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Law | 13 February 2017

Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017

Gay student kicked out of Durban college

“She said I must leave her class because she cannot teach a gay guy”

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News | 8 February 2017

No surrogate pregnancies for infertile single parents

Constitutional Court rules on “genetic link”

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Law | 27 January 2017

Human Rights Commission accused of taking sides with mines

Mapela villagers protest outside SAHRC offices

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Brief | 26 January 2017

Hundreds march in Cape Town against Donald Trump

Protesters express solidarity with women’s marches in the United States

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Brief | 21 January 2017

Shelter residents fight City of Johannesburg over “lock-out” rules

Court asked to declare policy unconstitutional

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Law | 16 January 2017

“How I was kidnapped and forced to marry”

A woman tells how her ambition to be a nurse was thwarted by ukuthwala

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Feature | 16 January 2017

Meat disappears with police in East London

Police are clamping down on meat hawkers who have been operating for years, but "don't have a clue" what happens to meat they confiscate 

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News | 9 December 2016

Straight or gay: Who inherits when you die?

Constitutional Court rules in favour of same sex partner

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Law | 8 December 2016

Court victory for Pollsmoor prisoners

“How do human beings live in a detention facility while there are rats?” asks judge

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News | 5 December 2016

Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights

Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?

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Law | 5 December 2016