Politics is set to overshadow the iconic cycling race, which stands accused of ‘sport-washing’ human rights violations
The arrest of two of Bangladesh’s foremost human rights activists has brought to light the country’s severe crackdown on journalists and NGOs.
In February 2011, there were 861 children in prison, under the age of 18, and 54 075 youth between the ages of 18 and 25.
The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.
The correctional services department owes about R1.3-billion in damages to prisoners and former inmates for bodily injury and rape while in prison.
South Africa’s arms exports show that human rights are not a priority when the government takes decisions on trade policy, according to arms experts.
Berlin is a creative hub and even in the most Sandtonesque area, Friedrichstrasse, home of the Reichstag, there is not a suit in sight.
The story of a ruined man’s lone legal battle reveals the dangerous conditions that prevail at the Western Cape prison.
The thing Teboho Edkins wants you to know about his film, ‘Gangster Project’, is that "it is not a film about gangsters, it is a film with gangsters".
One of the biggest challenges faced by child welfare groups involved with abandoned babies and adoption is time. Too much of it, and not enough.
Jameela Jacobs was one of the few but growing number of women in gangs. She spoke to Ilham Rawoot about ended up spending half of her life in prison.
Genre-defying musicians in South Africa have been doing the rounds for a while, but they have only managed to attract a very particular audience.
We look at what sort of stories would never have made it to print had the Protection of State Information Bill been enacted into law at the time.
Experts are linking the high suicide rate among school pupils in South Africa to the increasing number of orphaned children.
Not surprisingly, Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene, had been around for all of three years before he made it to South African iPods.
