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The Giro d’Italia has sparked protests in Rome

Giro d’Italia’s Israel start under fire

Politics is set to overshadow the iconic cycling race, which stands accused of ‘sport-washing’ human rights violations

With the upcoming election in Bangladesh

Crackdown on dissent in Bangladesh

The arrest of two of Bangladesh’s foremost human rights activists has brought to light the country’s severe crackdown on journalists and NGOs.

When the authorities have finished quibbling over the fate of the Ottery Youth Care Centre

Juvenile offenders: Youth care centre at risk of closure

The Cape Town government may shut down a facility that gives hope to boys whom society has shunned. Ilham Rawoot reports.

Young in Prison is an organisation that works with youth in correctional centres

Children in Pollsmoor

In February 2011, there were 861 children in prison, under the age of 18, and 54 075 youth between the ages of 18 and 25.

A study has shown that Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town

Report shows sorry state of South Africa’s prisons

The correctional services department owes about R1.3-billion in damages to prisoners and former inmates for bodily injury and rape while in prison.

Night life: Football fans making full use of the warm weather in summer celebrate a German victory at an outdoor café.

Party from dusk to dawn in a grown-ups’ playground

Berlin is a creative hub and even in the most Sandtonesque area, Friedrichstrasse, home of the Reichstag, there is not a suit in sight.

M23 rebels in the DRC. (AFP)

Taxpayers in the dark about arms deals

South Africa’s arms exports show that human rights are not a priority when the government takes decisions on trade policy, according to arms experts.

Young in Prison is an organisation that works with youth in correctional centres

Tuberculosis runs riot in Pollsmoor

The story of a ruined man’s lone legal battle reveals the dangerous conditions that prevail at the Western Cape prison.

Gangster Project uses fact and fiction to depict marginalised youth

Gangster film blurs genres

The thing Teboho Edkins wants you to know about his film, ‘Gangster Project’, is that "it is not a film about gangsters, it is a film with gangsters".

Children are often left in limbo while legal and administrative requirements are observed.

Deep Read: For orphaned babies, time is always running out

One of the biggest challenges faced by child welfare groups involved with abandoned babies and adoption is time. Too much of it, and not enough.

Jameela Jacobs* got involved in gangs at a young age and spent the past 18 years in prison for murder.

Tales of a female gangster girl

Jameela Jacobs was one of the few but growing number of women in gangs. She spoke to Ilham Rawoot about ended up spending half of her life in prison.

Growing pains and cutting their teeth

Growing pains and cutting their teeth

Genre-defying musicians in South Africa have been doing the rounds for a while, but they have only managed to attract a very particular audience.

SA ‘too much’ for its children

Experts are linking the high suicide rate among school pupils in South Africa to the increasing number of orphaned children.

Precious minimalism

Precious minimalism

Not surprisingly, Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene, had been around for all of three years before he made it to South African iPods.

Pro-euthanasia organisation seeks change in law

Pro-euthanasia organisation seeks change in law

Sean Davison, due to stand trial for the attempted murder of his mother, has launched an organisation to campaign for the legalisation of euthanasia.

Mines asked to cough up as class action looms

Mines asked to cough up as class action looms

Mine workers are seeking compensation expected to run into billions. They became ill after working on the mines, and were medically boarded.

Tearing up the rule book

Tearing up the rule book

A collaboration between two young Johannesburg artists opens the doors to an interesting debate on the accessibility of art and gallery space.

Former Pamodzi liquidator denies fraud convictions

Former Pamodzi liquidator denies fraud convictions

Disgraced former liquidator Enver Motala has submitted a review application denying allegations that he is a convicted fraudster.

Move to relabel ‘Israeli’ goods as bads

Many supermarket products currently marked "product of Israel" could soon carry new labels.

NHI ‘no cure for sick public facilities’

NHI ‘no cure for sick public facilities’

National Health Insurance won’t solve the core problems of the shortage of doctors and gross mismanagement of hospitals, doctors say.