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To give effect to this fundamental right, the mandates that every child’s birth must be registered with the department of home affairs. Photo: Supplied
BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Invisible children: Onerous registration requirements leave countless without birth certificates

Without having their births registered, they are denied access to education, healthcare and social services and, as adults, the right to vote and work

  • Charlene Kreuser
  • Sabrina Ochoa
6 min read
Silicosis is a disease that affects people in jobs where they breathe in dust that contains silica – a tiny crystal found in sand, rock or mineral ores, such as quartz.
ABRAHAMS KIEWITZ

Tshiamiso Trust makes due on silicosis payout

Beneficiaries will now be able to apply to get money from the settlement almost two years after the Johannesburg high court ruled on the matter.

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
3 min read
Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza. (David Harrison/M&G)
COUNTRY

Didiza to ‘assess’ Luthuli land sale

The minister has been forced to intervene in a dispute over land amaThuli have had title to since 1858, which is being sold to build holiday homes

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
S20 warns that climate change is endangering human health, food systems and ecosystems worldwide
COUNTRY

Court judgment to restore farm dwellers’ dignity

A Pietermaritzburg high court ruling has found that municipalities were in breach of the Constitution in not providing farm occupiers with services

  • Musawenkosi Cabe
6 min read
The Special Investigating Unit argued that the concourt should not entertain a cynical attempt to claw back the millions made in the scandal. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

ConCourt to rule on farm tenant claims

The farm tenants won in the Land Claims Court but the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned this

  • Lucas Ledwaba
3 min read
CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH

Legal concerns over treatment of church refugees

There are serious legal concerns over the treatment of immigrants who were arrested this week at the Central Methodist church in the Johannesburg CBD, the Legal Resource Centre…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read