Human Rights
Constitutional Court scathing about arrest and detention of child
"Even when they are in conflict with the law, we should not permit the hand of the law to fall hard on them like a sledgehammer lest we destroy them."
Law | 18 August 2016
Lethal toll of informal gold mining
While deaths on formal mines have come down, zama-zama fatalities have gone up
Feature | 17 August 2016
East Londoners protest in support of rape survivors
New support programme for university students planned
News | 12 August 2016
When can the police search your home?
The Constitutional Court has given us the answer
Law | 12 August 2016
Homeless in city ask society to change its ways
Nearly 300 “street people” have put their names to a list of demands
News | 27 July 2016
98-year-old can’t find room in an old age home
Man born in the same year as Nelson Mandela can't afford the fee
News | 26 July 2016
Abuse of sex workers by police rife
Women’s Legal Centre details hundreds of cases of rape, assault, harassment and unlawful arrest
News | 22 July 2016
Find accommodation for evicted Geneva House residents, judge tells government
Court case postponed to next week
Brief | 21 July 2016
Xolobeni community want answers at meeting
Police to face questions about activist’s death
Brief | 12 July 2016