They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering
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The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or the Hawks
Many of these children die without any palliative support and experience unnecessary discomfort and pain, unless an overburdened NGO steps in.
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates
Once again the issue of voluntary euthanasia is before the courts, and once again the state is trying to hold back the inevitable
Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura
Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation
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Pakistan’s harsh laws against religious profanity are being abused to settle personal and political scores, leading to an alarming rise in convictions and even murder
The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are available for rapes and murders
The recent ruling that displaying the old South African flag is hate speech has been welcomed in many circles. But it could have gone a lot further
The VAT rate was raised from 14% to 15% on April 1, 2018, the first change since 1993
An undocumented mother’s fight to get her children schooled highlights flaws in the law
‘When you choose whose struggle you give a platform to, you decide who is afforded human dignity and human worth’
Some schools in the Eastern Cape, which have no sanitation at all, would be addressed with urgency
Critics argue the film threatens to reveal the secrets of ulwaluko, Xhosa initiation rituals that are purposely shrouded in mystery.
The complaint has its foundations in an “open letter” President Zuma’s son wrote last year in which he attacked Derek Hanekom and Pravin Gordhan.
Kenya’s preparation for new presidential elections changed as opposition leader Raila Odinga and his party dropped out of the race.
Ricky Nathanson speaks to the M&G about her experiences as a transgender woman in Zimbabwe and what happened on the night she was arrested.
African drivers are allegedly being paid less than their white and coloured counterparts
sThe title of Hlatshwayo’s book is not entirely false, just very nearly so. Black people do go caravanning —just exceedingly seldom.
The HRC is probing the mayor’s remarks that, some claim, may incite violence against foreigners.
Steve Naale was ordered to apologise after posting a photograph of the lynching of two black men by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1930s US on Facebook.
Fanie Roeloffze successfully appealed against the Free State education department’s sanction, which which found his dismissal to be unfair.
Widespread protest action reflects a sense of alienation in a democracy, and people feel destruction is the only way they’ll be heard.
During a heated exchange in Parliament on Tuesday, EFF MP Nazier Paulsen referred to DA MP Yusuf Cassim as a “Zionist sell-out kaffir”.
"We remain deeply concerned about the current state of human rights in South Africa," Human Rights Commission spokesperson Isaac Mangena has said.
The jogger who was allegedly interrogated by President Jacob Zuma’s bodyguards has yet to receive an apology.
The Human Rights Commission chairperson has turned on his own staff in the case of a jogger arrested for "giving the middle finger" to Zuma.
Jacob Zuma on Monday called for a society free of ethnic dominance amidst division in the ANC over Jimmy Manyi’s comments on coloured people.
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A 16-year-old grade nine pupil suspended from Welkom High School because she was pregnant was reinstated.
The death of a teenager in police custody remains a mystery four years after he allegedly hanged himself.
HRC commissioner says attack motivated by unfavourable ruling.