Human Rights
Farm worker’s housing case in court this week
Drakenstein municipality accused of breaching its Constitutional obligations
By Liezl Human
News | 5 August 2020
Police disperse Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town
Demonstration was in solidarity with human rights protests in Zimbabwe
News | 31 July 2020
Twenty arrested after shops of foreign nationals looted and torched
Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks
News | 31 July 2020
Residents’ association wants activist’s soup kitchen closed
“Feed them in their areas” says association chairperson
News | 31 July 2020
Khayelitsha business owner caught in “rain of stones” during protest
Nelly Tom has scratches and bruising on her face and her work vehicle is severely damaged
News | 31 July 2020
Family of 13 living in a shack have “tried everything” but “there are just no jobs”
“I am trying my best to get them a house or a decent place to live in,” says ward councillor
Brief | 29 July 2020
Questions for a sex worker
Constance Mathe explains why she believes her work should not be criminalised
Video | 28 July 2020
Luyolo land claimants to wait another three years for housing project
“For years people showed us plans for housing then disappeared without anything being done. Many of us had lost hope”
By Thembela Ntongana and Lucas Nowicki
News | 27 July 2020
SANDF cuts Happiness Village off from the world, places community leader under house arrest
Lawyers say army has no right to conduct “military exercises” in and around the informal settlement
News | 26 July 2020