As aid cuts threaten essential healthcare and disillusionment grows, Africa faces a vital opportunity to renew and reimagine a human rights agenda fit for 21st-century realities.
South Africa has filed a new dossier with the International Court of Justice, asserting that Israel continues to breach binding provisional measures designed to protect…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on South Africa to dismantle racist vigilante groups amid rising xenophobic violence, migrant killings,…
Former police commissioner and minister Bheki Cele testified before the Khampepe Commission investigating delayed TRC cases, facing questions on missing anti-apartheid activists…
South Africa's proposed Marriage Bill aims to curb child and forced marriages, but researchers warn that legal prohibitions alone cannot end violent ukuthwala without addressing…
Moving beyond celebrations of resilience, tackling intimate partner violence in South Africa requires integrating economic independence, multidisciplinary support, and genuine…
Zimbabwe's proposed Constitution Amendment Bill No 3 extends presidential terms and criminalises communication with foreign entities, threatening the core of the country's…
Decades after the outbreak of the Second Congo War, the victims of relentless conflict in eastern Congo remain largely forgotten by the international community. Yet local heroes…
Examining the Palestinian struggle through the longue durée reveals how enduring resistance, sumud, and South–South solidarity challenge global imperialism and illuminate the…
The University of the Western Cape is conferring an honorary doctorate on Advocate Adila Hassim SC, honouring her career in public interest litigation, human rights advocacy, and…
Acclaimed Malian musician Salif Keita has announced the cancellation of all future South African performances in protest against recent waves of xenophobic violence across the…
Former Justice Minister Ronald Lamola testified at the TRC Cases Inquiry, addressing progress made in prosecuting apartheid-era crimes, budget constraints, and the…
What began as a response to gendered fear in Cape Town has become the After 8 Sistahood—a movement transforming public spaces, confronting spatial apartheid, and asserting…
While South Africa celebrates Women's Month, many refugee and migrant women continue to face a continuum of violence, from the trauma of forced displacement to xenophobia,…
An expert analysis delves into Zambia's 2026 election, highlighting a troubling weakening of institutional safeguards. The article raises legitimate questions about procedural…
Fourteen years after 34 mineworkers were killed by police at Marikana, families are still waiting for accountability, while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says the…
As the 14th anniversary of the Marikana massacre approaches, the article reflects on the tragic day in 2012 when police killed 34 striking miners. It highlights the ongoing lack…
Dr Sithelo Magagula is proving that scholarship and legal practice need not exist in separate worlds. A director at Finger Attorneys, he works at the intersection of public…
For Sbonelo Thandolwenkosi Nkomo, 34, the law begins where the map often ends. Raised in a remote farming community in KwaZulu-Natal, he became the first person there to attend…
Busisiwe Kamolane-Kgadima builds institutions that outlast them. As deputy director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (https://www.wits.ac.za/cals/) (CALS) at the…
