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The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an amicus curae in the case between the City of Cape Town and the SAHRC
My hardest story: Reporting on being queer in Tunisia
Reporting on queer issues is always tough. But Tunisia was something else
Killer’s life sentence gives family ‘a little peace’
The man who beat Danel Rooskrans to death is behind bars, but that doesn't change the pain and rage her loved ones are left with.
South Africa needs to take a position on the plight of the Turks under Erdoğan
The country’s media and NGOs can also play a role in restoring human rights in Turkey
Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes
Online tourism companies are adding to human rights’ violations by advertising attractions on illegally occupied land
The killing of people with albinism is driven by myth and international inaction
An upcoming UN meeting on witchcraft and human rights is to focus on the rising attacks on Albinos and the trade of body parts in sub-Saharan African
Doublespeak in country of the abused
The Gambia's justice minister is to talk about human rights at the Pan-African Parliament.
Uganda bans deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia
The country has placed a ban on the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia amid allegations of sexual abuse and ill-treatment.
Allies silent on Djibouti human rights abuses
Western nations won't intervene lest they upset a strategic partnership or usher in another despot.
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Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late
Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.
ConCourt settles the law on the public protector and interim interdicts
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
Gauteng nurses say they did not take an oath to die
With more resources than other provinces, health workers in Gauteng still say they do not have enough protective equipment to ensure safety when working with Covid-19 patients
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