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Giro d’Italia’s Israel start under fire

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 May 2018

Politics is set to overshadow the iconic cycling race, which stands accused of ‘sport-washing’ human rights violations

Crackdown on dissent in Bangladesh

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Nov 2013

The arrest of two of Bangladesh's foremost human rights activists has brought to light the country's severe crackdown on journalists and NGOs.

Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Nov 2012

The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.

Children in Pollsmoor

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Nov 2012

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.

Report shows sorry state of South Africa’s prisons

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Oct 2012

The correctional services department owes about R1.3-billion in damages to prisoners and former inmates for bodily injury and rape while in prison.

Taxpayers in the dark about arms deals

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Sep 2012

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.

Party from dusk to dawn in a grown-ups’ playground

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Sep 2012

Berlin is a creative hub and even in the most Sandtonesque area, Friedrichstrasse, home of the Reichstag, there is not a suit in sight.

Tuberculosis runs riot in Pollsmoor

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Aug 2012

The story of a ruined man's lone legal battle reveals the dangerous conditions that prevail at the Western Cape prison.

Gangster film blurs genres

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Jul 2012

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".

Deep Read: For orphaned babies, time is always running out

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jul 2012

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.

Tales of a female gangster girl

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 May 2012

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.

Growing pains and cutting their teeth

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Feb 2012

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.

Story killer: Secrecy Bill’s hypothetical body count

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Nov 2011

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.

SA ‘too much’ for its children

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Oct 2011

Experts are linking the high suicide rate among school pupils in South Africa to the increasing number of orphaned children.

Precious minimalism

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Oct 2011

Not surprisingly, Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene, had been around for all of three years before he made it to South African iPods.

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