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The high noon showdown between Sars and the Goldkid mafia case
Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a…
Restless Prejudice: Is higher education a right or privilege?
Fair discrimination requires all South Africans to have an equal chance to meet the minimum standard to access institutions of higher education
Fighting for inclusion can never be fascism, Drew Forrest!
The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech
Vaccine conundrums to keep one up at night
Why do religious leaders feel no compunction to harm their followers, when they could ‘pray for the destruction of a satanic vaccine’ instead?
Covid-19 a stress-test for legislative emergency provisions in African countries
Research by a Cape-based academic centre found that the implementation of legislative provisions was done selectively in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia
Review: Mahmood Mamdani on the ‘non-national’ state
Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
Shadow of eviction looms over farm dwellers
In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction
“In my heart I scream”: Involve young people in decision-making about their lives
Laws on access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and age of consent to sexual activity in many countries do not adequately serve the needs of young…
Protecting South Africa in the digital information and entertainment age
The Films and Publications Amendment Act aims to protect citizens, but new technology requires that the regulations and guidelines are updated