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July 01, 2022
South Africa: At Play in the Realm of Political Assassinations
A drama from Limpopo tackles the disturbing reality of politicians killing each other for positions. It is a cry from young South Africans for this deplorable situation to change. Read more »
June 23, 2022
South Africa: Yeoville Market Fire Devastates Traders' Livelihoods
Since the 1980s, when it became a neighbourhood for all races in defiance of segregation, Yeoville has been a grand experiment in what South Africa can be. In the decades since the… Read more »
June 24, 2022
South Africa: High Court Finds Protest Fee Unconstitutional
A City of Johannesburg policy that requires people to pay for policing services during a protest, demonstration, assembly or gathering has been found unconstitutional. Read more »
June 08, 2022
South Africa: Mom's Determination Forces Police to Act
The murders of three women in the Western Cape might have remained unsolved if the mother of one of the victims did not go to extraordinary lengths to have the prime suspect… Read more »
June 03, 2022
South Africa: Activists Under Threat From Surveillance
Members of social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo allege that the state monitors their phones and emails, tracking their movements and putting them in constant danger. Read more »
June 02, 2022
Zambia: LGBTQIA+ Activists Battle Softly-Softly
The country's discriminatory laws and societal attitudes towards queer people mean each bit of help they do receive requires caution, patience and a network of sympathetic friends. Read more »
May 30, 2022
South Africa: A Cop Story, Through the Eyes of His Son
Rofhiwa Maneta elegantly documents his father's career as a police officer while interrogating violence in South Africa and exploring fatherhood, fear and faith. Read more »
May 31, 2022
South Africa: Zikhona Valela's Campaign Against Erasure
The historian's debut book documents Black Consciousness leader Mapetla Mohapi's remarkable life and death in detention, and his widow Nohle Mohapi-Mbetshu's fight for justice. Read more »
May 24, 2022
Kenya: Bloody Land-Grab Strategy Targets Older Kenyan Women
Often, as soon as male relatives die, single or widowed Kenyan women are accused of witchcraft and killed by conspiring people who then take the land on which their victims lived. Read more »
May 23, 2022
South Africa: Senzo Meyiwa's Brother Just Wants the Truth
Sifiso Meyiwa is hoping that with the murder case reopened and a trial under way, the family will finally find out who killed the Bafana Bafana footballer in 2014. Read more »
May 16, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Queer Rights Activist Forced to Go Into Hiding
The Congolese advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights has been living in fear after spurious charges of 'promoting homosexuality' led the police to her door. Read more »
May 17, 2022
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Face Wrath of Pimville Residents
Growing frustration over high levels of crime, especially electricity cable theft, has resulted in the Chicken Farm community being blamed amid a rise in xenophobia. Read more »
South Africa: Inclusive Education Unrealised After 21 Years
Published in 2001, the white paper for inclusive education is yet to be passed into law, leaving disabled learners without access to schools and with little legal recourse. Read more »
May 19, 2022
South Africa: Sibongile Mani Doesn't Deserve a Tarnished Name
The student convicted of spending financial aid money that wasn't hers has been granted leave to appeal her five-year prison sentence. It is a step towards justice, dignity and… Read more »
May 13, 2022
South Africa: Workers At Arcelormittal Refuse to Budge Over Wages
The steel manufacturer's decision to seek an interdict preventing some of its employees from taking part in the national strike has aggravated Numsa, which says it won't back down… Read more »
South Africa: Slain Ekhenana Activist Nokuthula Mabaso Remembered
A leader of the commune's food sovereignty projects, the fearless Mabaso had given most of her adult life to improving the socioeconomic circumstances of her fellow residents. Read more »
South Africa: Statement of Solidarity With Abahlali Basemjondolo
Noam Chomsky, Ruth Wilson Gilmour and others pledge their support for the shack dwellers' movement and call for solidarity in the wake of the assassination of Nokuthula Mabaso. Read more »
South Africa: Political Killings Plague Nation's Public Life
Political killings have become an all too common tool of control in South Africa. It is essential that this grim reality is recognised and opposed. Read more »
May 11, 2022
South Africa: No Money to Pay You, Apartheid Survivors Are Told
Activists demanding reparations for apartheid crimes finally met with the justice minister, who informed them that the TRC list of beneficiaries will not be expanded. Read more »
May 06, 2022
South Africa: Durban's Politics of Blood
As political killings continue in the city, claiming the lives of activists exposing ANC rot and failures, serious questions need to be asked of our democratic commitments. Read more »
South Africa: New Suspected Assassination in KwaZulu-Natal Province
Nokuthula Mabaso's murder is the latest in a string of killings that residents of this Durban commune say are politically motivated and meant to silence them. Read more »
South Africa: Apartheid Survivors Protest on Steps of Apex Court
More than two decades after she helped draft the TRC's recommendations, human rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka throws her support behind apartheid survivors getting compensation. Read more »
May 05, 2022
Africa: South African Vigilante Militia Steps Up Violence Against Migrants
The xenophobic and violent Operation Dudula is part of a global trend of rising right-wing vigilantism that is finding favour in an era of crisis. Read more »
South Africa: Worker Compensation Yet to Be Put Into Practice
Two workplace incidents show that although domestic workers are legally covered by the compensation act, a lack of follow-through makes it almost impossible to claim. Read more »
April 26, 2022
South Africa: Farmers Are to Blame for Xenophobia, Say Protesters
Striking citrus farm workers in the Eastern Cape's Sundays River Valley say they are fighting against unfair labour practices that favour migrants over South Africans. Read more »
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