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 economic opportunities
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 which then mayor Herman Mashaba has campaigned on an anti-foreigner ticket
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 misinterpreted
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