March 13, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Policy on Pregnant Learners Needing to be Accompanied a Violation of Pupil's Rights - Watchdog
Limpopo and Gauteng basic education departments contradict each other on pregnant learner policy Read more »
March 03, 2023
South Africa: School Amends Policy That Excluded Pregnant Learners
We previously reported that the school in Mamelodi required pregnant learners to stay home until they gave birth Read more »
March 02, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town Is Removing Homeless People From the Street. This Is What the City Is Offering Instead
Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space? Read more »
February 28, 2023
South Africa: Women March Through Dunoon Against Gender-Based Violence
"Men who are not embarrassed and have sexual intercourse with our children must leave Dunoon" Read more »
February 07, 2023
South Africa: Queer People and Sex Workers Are Badly Treated in Clinics, New Survey Finds
Deputy Minister of Health promises to tackle the problem Read more »
February 06, 2023
South Africa: Mamelodi School Under Investigation for Policy Excluding Pregnant Learners
Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School Read more »
February 03, 2023
South Africa: Dire Shortage of School Places for Autistic Children
There are currently 133 children on the waiting list at Quest School for Learners with Autism, the only public specialist school in Gqeberha Read more »
February 02, 2023
South Africa: Home Affairs Accused of Violating Children's Rights
The department has refused to register dozens of children in Musina in cases where one of their parents is undocumented Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Anti-Immigration Group Operation Dudula Accused of Targeting Children
Asked to comment, spokesperson swears at GroundUp reporter and slams down phone Read more »
South Africa: Environmental Activists Revise Pleas in 'SLAPP Case' Brought By Australian Miners #AfricaClimateCrisis
Marathon legal battle against R14.25-million defamation case continues Read more »
January 31, 2023
South Africa: Murdered Khayelitsha Woman's Family Say Justice System Failed Them
Bongani Ngadleka found not guilty of fatally stabbing Phelokazi Mqathanya Read more »
South Africa: Poor Sanitation Services Lead to Protests in Gqeberha
Toilets have not been cleaned for weeks in a number of informal settlements according to the protesters Read more »
January 20, 2023
South Africa: Dust, Flying Rocks, Deafening Noise - Blasting Is a Nightmare for People Living Near Mines
Here's what government can do about it Read more »
January 19, 2023
South Africa: Families Desperately Trying to Keep Eastern Cape School Alive
Built more than 70 years ago with mud bricks by villagers, Ixopo Junior Secondary School has been neglected by the education department Read more »
January 18, 2023
South Africa: Operation Dudula Chases Immigrants Away From Joburg Clinic
Patients told to get health care "in their own countries" Read more »
January 13, 2023
South Africa: Undocumented Children Struggle to Find Schools
Instead of being in school some beg at traffic lights Read more »
December 12, 2022
South Africa: Human Rights Report Shows Need to Decriminalise Sex Workers, Says NGO
The South African government plans to decriminalise sex work, a move expected to give sex workers some protection Read more »
December 13, 2022
South Africa: Church Leaders Sometimes Cover Up Domestic Violence, Say Speakers At Workshop
"Women are told to pray and fast, but men are not told to stop beating their wives" Read more »
December 12, 2022
South Africa: Nearly R2 Billion for Apartheid Reparations Is Unspent
The President's Fund is growing as apartheid's victims wait Read more »
December 02, 2022
South Africa: Police Are Preying On Immigrants, Say Human Rights Organisations
Immigrants are not reporting crimes or seeking assistance from law enforcement as they fear extortion or deportation Read more »
November 14, 2022
South Africa: What Happened to Cape Town's Promised Affordable Housing Policy?
Activists launch report on urgent need for "inclusive" housing policy Read more »
November 03, 2022
South Africa: Learners With Disabilities Must Get a Place in School
Support should be provided to those who enroll in ordinary public schools Read more »
October 27, 2022
South Africa: Trouble in Paradise Park - the Seven-Year Battle to Keep Eviction At Bay
"I would not have invested my money here if somebody told me the truth," says Hermanus home owner Read more »
October 26, 2022
South Africa: Khayelitsha Lesbian Murder Trial Set for January
The case was previously postponed at least 11 times since May 2022 Read more »
October 06, 2022
South Africa: Families Displaced By Floods in 1976 Still Waiting to Be Housed
No progress since 2013 on Eastern Cape housing repair project Read more »