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Invoke terrorism laws to deal with water mafias, says Human Rights Commission
The commission also said the sabotage of water services infrastructure should be considered a crime in terms of the Criminal Matters Amendment Act
Energy apartheid: Mining companies transition without justice
Anglo Platinum has invested in renewable energy but ignored the local community’s proposals for socially-owned clean energy
Unfiltered and unfinished: How social media reveals South Africa’s struggles with racism
Racist posts can go viral in seconds, showing the world that South Africa’s divisions are not history, and reminding us that we still have work to do
Neglected and abused, state patients endure prison ‘nightmare’
They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering
Does the police service want corruption-fighting whistleblower Patricia Mashale to ‘disappear’?
The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or…
Terminally ill children suffer from neglect, say health experts
Many of these children die without any palliative support and experience unnecessary discomfort and pain, unless an overburdened NGO steps in.
Born in but stateless in South Africa
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 continues to deny South Africans their ‘last right’ – euthanasia
Once again the issue of voluntary euthanasia is before the courts, and once again the state is trying to hold back the inevitable
Gauteng’s third-wave contagion is heading towards a worst-case scenario
Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura
Eldos building mafia: Community anger amid extortion and ex-cons
Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation
Killing in the name of blasphemy
Pakistan’s harsh laws against religious profanity are being abused to settle personal and political scores, leading to an alarming rise in convictions and even murder
Demolition of hope in Hangberg
The City of Cape Town in June twice knocked down structures on land allocated for other purposes. The city says these were not evictions; residents ask why no police are…
Should we really celebrate the equality court ruling on the apartheid flag?
The recent ruling that displaying the old South African flag is hate speech has been welcomed in many circles. But it could have gone a lot further
VAT hike ‘constitutionally suspect’ — SA Human Rights Commission
The VAT rate was raised from 14% to 15% on April 1, 2018, the first change since 1993
No proof of birth, no education
An undocumented mother’s fight to get her children schooled highlights flaws in the law