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."

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Law | 18 August 2016

Lethal toll of informal gold mining

While deaths on formal mines have come down, zama-zama fatalities have gone up

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Feature | 17 August 2016

East Londoners protest in support of rape survivors

New support programme for university students planned

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News | 12 August 2016

When can the police search your home?

The Constitutional Court has given us the answer

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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

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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

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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

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News | 22 July 2016

Xolobeni community want answers at meeting

Police to face questions about activist’s death

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Brief | 12 July 2016