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UPDATED – Stateless no more: Primrose Modisane finally gets her SA birth certificate
Modisane, who was born in Zimbabwe, has battled to have her South African citizenship recognised despite being entitled to it by descent through her grandmother
Battle for energy justice: Why we must win social ownership
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
Put an end to four centuries of corporate plundering of Africa
Companies must be held accountable for their depredations before the next scramble for the continent under the guise of a green transition
Border reform Bill welcomed, but rights concerns dominate public submissions
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…
Lawyers say ‘trapped’ illegal miners in Stilfontein can’t surface without help
Over 1500 miners have exited, but authorities are unable to say how many more remain underground
Court orders home affairs not to ‘block’ children’s IDs
The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation
Home Affairs in court for ‘blocking’ identity documents
Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to an “arbitrary” ID blocking practice by Home Affairs
Risk of water crisis looms – UN
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
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
UN special rapporteur on the environment joins local air pollution case
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
Workers fight job-creation ‘mess’
Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality
Cruel warders target trans inmates
A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously
Legal clinic is empowering queer communities
The centre is an offshoot of the organisation’s three-year, anti-hate crime initiative
‘Shocking’ judgment for Somali asylum seekers
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
Sons and daughters of no country
If amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act are approved, children of migrants might find it even more difficult to access basic services