South Africa: Women in Informal Settlements Are Often Silenced

They are systematically excluded from participating in local political life Read more »

South Africa: Transgender Prisoner Wins Right to Hormone Therapy

The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as "cosmetic medication" Read more »

South Africa: Judge Stops Anti-Immigrant Operation Dudula's Hate Speech

Human dignity has no nationality, says Judge Adams Read more »

South Africa: Human Rights Commissioner Dodges Overflowing Sewage in Cape Town

The City of Cape Town says it plans to upgrade the sewage pipes in Bloekombos in July Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Workers Condemn Denial of Healthcare to Basotho in South Africa

Lesotho cabinet ministers to engage with SA counterparts over the issue Read more »

South Africa: After a Decades-Long Struggle and a Court Order, Primrose Modisane Finally Has a Birth Certificate

Stateless since birth, she was called a "border hopper" by Home Affairs officials Read more »

South Africa: Kunene Committed Hate Speech By Calling Malema a Cockroach, Court Rules

The word has "genocidal connotations" Read more »

South Africa: Protesters Call for UK and UAE to Take Action On Gaza

This follows calls for a global day of action to demand immediate relief for Gaza Read more »

South Africa: Joburg Clinic Staff Make Me Ashamed to Be an Immigrant

Each time I take my daughter to the clinic, immigrants are told to wait while South Africans are served first Read more »

South Africa: Operation Dudula Faces Off Against Human Rights Organisations in 'Misguided' Protest

Anti-immigration group wants to close down "unpatriotic" organisations Read more »

South Africa: Operation Dudula Blocks Babies From Getting Vaccines

Vigilante group is controlling clinic queues in Johannesburg Read more »

South Africa: What the SA Human Rights Commission Is Doing to Advance Queer Rights

SAHRC is involved in a number of initiatives including high-profile litigation Read more »