Human Rights
Fierce battle over future of landmark Cape Town site
Developers and government manoeuvre to realise ten-storey buildings at River Club, while Khoi organisations fight for land they say is sacred
Analysis | 27 November 2019
“We do not have streets, but during elections you will find big black cars driving between our shacks”
Mdantsane shackdwellers’ fight for toilets and housing
News | 22 November 2019
Asylum seeker appeals hospital decision to stop dialysis
Alem Bazabe Ereselo was deemed ineligible for a kidney transplant because of her refugee status
Law | 19 November 2019
Murder, rape and torture by police officers. Did IPID even investigate?
IPID used a category called “special closure” to close hundreds of such cases
Feature | 18 November 2019
Inmate alleging torture at Leeuwkop disputes psychiatrist’s report
The court case will resume on 11 May 2020
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 November 2019
Toddlers abandoned in room for almost five days
Unclear why authorities took long to respond
By Anton van Zyl and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 15 November 2019
Prisoner alleging torture at Leeuwkop sticks to his story under cross-examiniation
“What I’m telling the court today is what happened”
By Zoë Postman
News | 14 November 2019
Leeuwkop prisoner says officials gave him electric shocks in showers
“You feel like you can die”
By Zoë Postman
News | 12 November 2019
“We didn’t ask for much” – seven years after the De Doorns uprising
“We are getting to a point where we will definitely see another strike soon”
Feature | 11 November 2019