Some analyses suggest South Africa’s human rights framework is “normatively robust but substantively fragile”, marked by a growing gap between constitutional ideals and social…
Human Rights Day highlights a widening gap between legal protections and everyday experience, raising urgent questions about dignity, accountability and whether South Africa’s…
Saturday, 21 March, marks 66 years since 69 people were killed and close to 200 others injured when police opened fire on marchers in Sharpeville on this date in 1960. All things…
With greater support for protection systems, human rights defenders can overcome the many obstacles that have been thrown in their path
The Constitution says it is not only government but all of us – individuals, NGOs and businesses – who must ensure our rights are protected
The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback
We tend to overfocus on the meaning of ‘rights’ by only considering what we are entitled to but we tend to forget doing what is the morally right thing to do
Although much has been achieved in 30 years of democracy, the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre reminds us that we must strive to ensure all people’s rights are achieved
The lives of people who try to stop or expose corruption are in danger, as evidenced by the assassination of corruption investigators Cloete Murray and his son Thomas
The president conceded the country could not claim to respect human rights if it did not ensure equal access to land, housing, food, water, healthcare and education
Deepening economic democracy through human rights-centred economic and social policy frameworks
His family suspects a cover-up after the Bucs star was murdered in Soweto after he was questioned by the police
The ongoing Afrophobic behaviour in our country is misdirected anger and frustration at the fact that black South Africans still have to make do with welfare crumbs
Extending the child support grant into pregnancy will play a vital role in combating stunting and improving the prospects of children in South Africa
South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day without reference to the responsibilities that accompany those rights
New research shows that while South African organisations have made strides in achieving greater diversity and transformation, too many people still feel excluded in workplaces –…
Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups
The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation
Tsepo Gumbi’s photographs bring a more complex view of a place that has been so singularly defined as to be unknowable
Schools provide a unique opportunity to teach citizens the basics of co-operation and ethics
