South Africa: Naidoo Family Breaks Down in Court As Police Brutality Case Postponed Yet Again

National Director of Public Prosecutions comes under fire for causing delay Read more »

Lesotho: Maseru Dump Site to Be Closed After Community Goes to Court

Ha Tšosane residents have lived next to mountains of waste for years Read more »

South Africa: Head of Special Tribunal Quits After One Year

Judge Margaret Victor's resignation is effective end of November, yet a replacement has not been named Read more »

South Africa: Disability Organisation Loses Constantia Land Claim Battle

South African Riding for the Disabled Association will have to vacate property Read more »

South Africa: Khayelitsha Families Living Above Collapsing Sewer Pipe to Be Moved

The Public Protector is investigating alleged failures by the City of Cape Town to provide basic services to residents of Langa and Khayelitsha Read more »

South Africa: Operation Dudula Blocks Access to Clinics, Violating Court Order

Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants. Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho to Release Hundreds of Prisoners to Reduce Overcrowding

The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions Read more »

South Africa: Orange Farm's Crime Fighting Patrollers

Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative Read more »

Lesotho: Court Orders Lesotho Dams Authority to Pay 600 Villagers Compensation

Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built Read more »

South Africa: Wynberg Main Road - a Safe Haven for Immigrant Families

People from the diaspora call this old part of Cape Town home Read more »

South Africa: Violence Against Women - More Cases Are Being Reported to Police

Women might be more likely to report cases than before, or violence is actually increasing. Read more »

South Africa: Criminal Courts in Cape Town Are Near to Collapse

We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system Read more »

South Africa: Unfenced Army Base Outside Makhanda Claims Another Life

At least six people have been killed or injured by explosives from the largely unfenced 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area Read more »

South Africa: Extortion Gangs Terrorise Cape Town's Immigrant Shop Owners

Vigilantism on the rise as people accuse the police of failing them Read more »

South Africa: Bid to Evict District Six Pensioner Dismissed

Court rules an eviction would be unjust given Noor-Banu Allie's age, limited income and deep ties to District Six Read more »

South Africa: Unsentenced Detainees Spending Years in Prison

New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis Read more »

South Africa: We're Taking Government to Court for Failing to Provide Clean Water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution Read more »

South Africa: MPs Condemn Unsafe Living Conditions At Occupied Cape Town Building

Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017 Read more »

South Africa: Millions in Jozi FM Lottery Grants Have Gone Missing

Board chair of holding company says funds were spent on documentaries, but the station CEO says there is no proper accounting for the money Read more »

South Africa: Why Magistrates Are Protesting

Judicial Officers Association of South Africa complains of "economic abuse" Read more »

Africa: How Common Are Same-Sex Unions in South Africa? We Found Out

Our data repudiate the idea that same-sex relationships are a reflection of modernity or a Western cultural import Read more »

South Africa: When Giving Evidence in Court Could Cost You Your Life

Witnesses tell stories of intimidation and threats Read more »

South Africa: Chief Justice's Office Publishes 'Gag' Order

A "gagging" court order against Open Secrets -- under which the organisation claimed it could not reveal any details of the dispute or even which judge or which court heard the… Read more »

South Africa: Parliament to Consider Impeaching Judge Nana Makhubele

Makhubele was found guilty of gross misconduct by the Judicial Service Commission 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 »