Organisations such as the South African Bishops’ Conference, Lawyers for Human Rights and Cosatu have urged revisions to protect human rights, combat corruption and clarify legal authority in joint control zones
Over 1500 miners have exited, but authorities are unable to say how many more remain underground
The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation
Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to an “arbitrary” ID blocking practice by Home Affairs
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
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
The state is facing a court battle about big industry’s emissions and their link to poor health. This is a public health concern and the government must take action to save lives
Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality
A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously
The centre is an offshoot of the organisation’s three-year, anti-hate crime initiative
Lawyers for Human Rights is litigating on behalf of eight Somalis whose appeal was turned down in what it calls a ruling that does not reflect facts
If amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act are approved, children of migrants might find it even more difficult to access basic services
Equal Education co-founder Doron Isaacs and activist Zackie Achmat implicated by staff
A court ruling may have finally put an end to inequities in the Land Tenure Rights Act
Mashaba said he knew the fire was going to happen according to findings he had collected, and blamed human rights lawyers
Inmates want the NPA to tell them why their jailers weren’t prosecuted
A court has temporarily halted the deportation of 200 migrants, detained after a raid on a church, amid claims of "state-sponsored" xenophobia.
Lawyers for Human Rights says it is dissapointed by the "disregard for human life" during this week’s violence in Soweto.
Arms deal critics represented by Lawyers for Human Rights have accused the Seriti commission of making it impractical to cross-examine key witnesses.
Arms deal commission critics say government witnesses are not being cross-examined, leading to one-sided evidence before the inquiry.
Three high-profile witnesses have raised concerns about a lack of openness at the arms deal commission, which has resumed its inquiry.
The Eastern Cape’s education department says it will counter the court order that will attach its movable assets after it failed to pay teachers.
Lawyers for Human Rights says home affairs officials should be held personally responsible for the department’s failure to implement court orders.
The ConCourt has ruled that parents of children who have been removed from their care will now have access to an automatic decision review.
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Zimbabwean police detained 46 people, including a former lawmaker, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings in Egypt.
Despite being intimidated by shadowy figures, a refugee camp coordinator speaks out about shocking conditions.
Heavy-handed tactics and poor communication with refugees have led to the latest crisis.
A human rights group calls for refugees removed from a Johannesburg camp on Tuesday not to be deported.
Lawyers for Human Rights, the organisation opposing the relocation of foreigners displaced by Xenophobic violence to City Deep in Johannesburg, will return to court on Friday. The Johannesburg High Court granted an urgent interdict on Monday preventing the relocation of the foreigners to City Deep for security reasons.
Immigrant leaders in South Africa said on Monday that thousands of refugees frustrated at miserable living conditions were on the point of retaliating against a wave of xenophobic attacks. Tens of thousands of immigrants have been forced to take refuge at temporary shelters around the country after mobs began attacking foreigners.
The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city’s Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers for Human Rights said on Monday.
The xenophobic attacks in Gauteng appeared to have subsided, a provincial spokesperson said on Wednesday. However, KwaZulu-Natal police are monitoring a possible outbreak of attacks there. ”There are no new reports of attacks,” said Thabo Masebe, deputy director of communications for the provincial government.