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
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
Companies must be held accountable for their depredations before the next scramble for the continent under the guise of a green transition
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…
Over 1500 miners have exited, but authorities are unable to say how many more remain underground
The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation
Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to an “arbitrary” ID blocking practice by Home Affairs
Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’
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
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
Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality
A trans woman held in a male prison says she is being harrassed by staff and authorities won’t take her case seriously
The centre is an offshoot of the organisation’s three-year, anti-hate crime initiative
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
If amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act are approved, children of migrants might find it even more difficult to access basic services
Equal Education co-founder Doron Isaacs and activist Zackie Achmat implicated by staff
A court ruling may have finally put an end to inequities in the Land Tenure Rights Act
Mashaba said he knew the fire was going to happen according to findings he had collected, and blamed human rights lawyers
Inmates want the NPA to tell them why their jailers weren’t prosecuted
A court has temporarily halted the deportation of 200 migrants, detained after a raid on a church, amid claims of "state-sponsored" xenophobia.
