Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue to undermine basic rights and deepen inequality
Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding
No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences
Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle
The student says that, after she was abused and belittled, instead of addressing the claims, the college launched disciplinary proceedings against her
The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their rates
Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses
Instead of replacing state capacity with grassroots action, we need to strengthen state institutions to serve the poor
The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of organisation
The court found Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for remarks at a 2022 rally in Cape Town
The Human Rights Commission has given the sport, arts and culture minister until 20 August to respond to old social media posts allegedly containing racial slurs
The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligate South Africa to provide basic healthcare to all people in its borders
There is a growing trend of public officials exploiting the rule to evade scrutiny and accountability
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader criticised the NHI Act, arguing that the government was outsourcing its responsibility
The commission released its final investigative report into the alcohol-related tragedy that claimed 21 young people’s lives in Buffalo City in 2022
This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial concerns at the University of Cape Town
The riots and the imprisonment of the former president coincided, and the unrest was orchestrated, but there was also no proof of who the masterminds were
The South African Human Rights Commission also details how officials show ‘contempt’ for citizens with water complaints
Hank’s Olde Irish will now pursue civil and criminal litigation against the accusers
Organisers say the R20 collected from each participant will go towards the costs of the R4.5m per person claim
The alleged fraudster also implicated in the Hammanskraal cholera outbreak is linked to a project that was to have replaced bucket toilets
The Democratic Alliance wants Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to audit national school nutrition programmes
Google Earth shows sewage filling the area from the cemetery to the township of Asiganang, and flowing to the Harts River
The commission says recent comments by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and party banners constituted incitement of violence and hate speech
The annual competition gives learners an opportunity to work with the Constitution and questions of equality, freedom and dignity
The South African Human Rights Commission is hosting a conference to tackle the myriad problems bedevilling dysfunctional local government
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
South Africa does not even have 60 child and adolescent psychiatry specialists and only 20 are in the public sector
There’s a tendency to blame the Constitution for not rectifying the nasty twins of poverty and inequality, but it and the courts cannot build houses, schools and a strong economy
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
Two learners were hit over the head by two teachers, but they continue to work