Latest articles on Edwin Cameron

It’s just not cricket

Sport Niren Tolsi - 15 Jul 2020

Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?

Eusebius McKaiser: A witness to Covid-19 stigma

Coronavirus Eusebius McKaiser - 8 Jul 2020

Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus

Covid-19 is a grave threat in prisons

Coronavirus Thanduxolo Jika - 7 May 2020

Inspectorate finds serious overcrowding at ‘Sun City’ centre, putting inmates at risk of Covid-19

Edwin Cameron’s fight for humane prisons

Article Carlos Amato - 30 Nov 2019

The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that SA’s courts should stop filling them up

Ramaphosa makes his first ConCourt appointments

Article Franny Rabkin - 11 Sep 2019

Justices Zukisa Tshiqi and Steven Majiedt will begin at the Constitutional Court on October 1

An open letter of thanks to Justice Edwin Cameron

Article Keval Harie - 29 Aug 2019

Twenty-five years on from our first democratic election, the need for role models for young queer people is felt now more than ever

Judge Cameron takes us into his confidence with memoir

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Jun 2014

Justice: A Personal Account, by Edwin Cameron (Tafelberg).

Was I ready to be a judge with HIV?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Feb 2014

Judge Edwin Cameron grapples with revealing his HIV status in this extract from his book, "Justice: A Personal Account".

Madiba: The belated rise of an Aids activist

Article Mia Malan - 13 Dec 2013

Mandela regretted not acting on HIV during his presidency, but he made up for it in spades.

Scorpions disbanding unconstitutional

Article Mmanaledi Mataboge - 18 Mar 2011

Hawks 'insufficiently insulated from political interference', says Concourt

Debate is the answer to prejudice

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jan 2011

Justice Edwin Cameron has justly been heralded as an exemplar of the kind of judge required to meet the transformative demands of our Constitution.

Aids epidemic slowing, says UN

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2008

Signs that work on preventing the spread of HIV is bearing fruit were highlighted recently by UNAids's two-yearly report on the state of the epidemic.

vital information

The Mail & Guardian’s essential coverage of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is free to read for everyone.

If you would like to support us, please consider taking out a subscription.

Latest

Coronavirus

Vaccine trial results due in December

Athandiwe Saba - 7 Aug 2020

If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed

National

White men still rule and earn more

Mg Data Desk & Sarah Smit - 7 Aug 2020

Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found

Coronavirus

The PPE scandal that the Treasury hasn’t touched

Sabelo Skiti & Thanduxolo Jika & Sarah Smit - 6 Aug 2020

Many government officials have been talking tough about dealing with rampant corruption in PPE procurement but the majority won't even release names of who has benefited from the R10-billion spend

Press Releases

Special Reports

WiMSA shines a light on the future of women in mining

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

Men in mining must begin to take it upon themselves to support the development of women in the industry

Special Reports

Department of Public Works and Infrastructure reveals second gender-based violence advocacy artwork

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

The men and boys of South Africa are important role players in this mission to ensure that women are respected, protected and treated equally

Special Reports

Empowering the voice of women in leadership to enable full participation in their roles in leadership and decision making

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

Sibanye-Stillwater has 13% female representation in its workforce and is actively working to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Special Reports

Surviving the tobacco ban

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

Nicotine is given as the ‘likely’ reason for lower Covid-19 infection rates but authorities still stress the health risk of smoking

Special Reports

Smokers hold thumbs for cigarette ban to be lifted

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

SATTA is worried about the impact of the ban on its own members activities and how the ban is helping black marketeers to make millions of rands illegally

Special Reports

Covid-19: Outlook on the economy, politics and labour

special reports - 5 Aug 2020

Old Mutual had experts unpack the effects of the pandemic and provide practical tips on how to deal with the financial impact of job losses and salary cuts

Special Reports

Opt-in to Popia

special reports - 5 Aug 2020

All business owners should take note: there is a lot of work ahead to ensure compliance with the POPI Act that has just come into effect

Special Reports

Capital Legacy talks life

special reports - 5 Aug 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing how few people actually sort their affairs to the benefit of their loved ones they leave behind when they pass on