Special Pensions Unit fails activists

Accused of fraudulent payouts, the unit is leaving bona fide freedom fighters mired in bureaucracy.

Wits embroiled in land dispute

University’s suburban development plans for Frankenwald betray its deed terms, activists say

Amnesty condemns 'political' detentions in Zim

Amnesty condemned the detention of 18 activists in Zimbabwe on Tuesday as political and said their plight cast a "dark shadow" over the country.

Zim rights activists freed on bail

A judge has ordered Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko and 14 others freed on bail, reversing her decision of a day earlier.

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Photos about activists

Running riot
A masked Egyptian protester is seen during clashes with riot police near the interior ministry in the capital Cairo, as ...

Enjoying happiness?
Swaziland's King Mswati III, pictured here attending the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton in April...

We shall not be moved
One of the activists of the Ukrainian women's movement Femen takes part in a stage performance in front of the Christ th...

Chomping at the bit
A Greenpeace activist, disguised as European Union commission chairperson Jose Manuel Barroso, protests outside the Glob...

It's the climate, stupid
Environmental activists demonstrate outside the COP17 climate change conference in Durban on Saturday. The protest march...

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