Socio Economic Rights Institute

The city agreed to amend shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution

The country’s biggest city will continue to grow as people seek jobs and a better life. But a ‘resentment’ towards urbanisation has prevented the government from unlocking its…

The law was challenged in response to raids in inner Johannesburg seemingly targeting illegal immigrants and the highest court has pronounced itself 10 days before an election in…

Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners

Claimants are free to approach the state attorney’s office to check whether the figures released by the solicitor general are correct, the government says.

Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free

Researchers found that interventions only come after the municipality has already collapsed, that the turnaround time is impossibly short, and that constitutional steps have been…

Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers

Occupants from buildings subjected to raids in Operation Fiela have taken the matter to court

Residents of 11 buildings in Johannesburg have challenged the constitutionality of the raids they were subjected to in the high court