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About 700,000 IDs have been blocked by the Department of Home Affairs without due process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Home Affairs may no longer block your ID on a whim, court rules

Tania Broughton 17 Jan 2024

The Pretoria High Court will hear a matter this week in which Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to Home Affairs’s “arbitrary” ID blocking practice. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

Property developer forced to rebuild homes it demolished

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Property developer forced to rebuild homes it demolished

Kimberly Mutandiro 3 Oct 2022

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

ESG & Sustainability

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

Kimberly Mutandiro 2 Feb 2022

Former municipal workers fight labour broker issue

Labour Law

Former municipal workers fight labour broker issue

Zoë Postman 16 Jan 2020

City ordered to compensate homeless for destruction of their possessions

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

City ordered to compensate homeless for destruction of their possessions

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 8 Apr 2019

Court rules that banks can sell your house for next to nothing

Residential Property

Court rules that banks can sell your house for next to nothing

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 16 Apr 2018

Pretoria High Court. Photo: brandsouthafrica.com

Mining

Mining community networks want their voices heard on Mining Charter

16 Feb 2018

The High Court in Pretoria has declared a section of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act invalid. Photo: Wikipedia user Cvanrooyen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Residential Property

Court declares land tenure act invalid

Safura Abdool Karim 28 Sep 2017

Improved education is ineffective if children are neglected, abused or exploited

Health & Welfare

Improved education is ineffective if children are neglected, abused or exploited

Issued by Adopt-a-School 30 May 2017

World Refugee Day gets ten-day mini film festival lead up

Film & Cinematography

World Refugee Day gets ten-day mini film festival lead up

11 Jun 2015

Mini film festival, exhibition for World Refugee Day

Film & Cinematography

Mini film festival, exhibition for World Refugee Day

10 Jun 2014

Join Election Observers Tour of South Africa

Media

Join Election Observers Tour of South Africa

4 Apr 2014

BBC presenter slapped with fresh charges

TV

BBC presenter slapped with fresh charges

Alex Bell 31 May 2012

Legal

Asylum-seekers lost in bureaucratic maze

23 Jan 2012

Zimbabwe charges 45 with treason for viewing Egypt footage

Media Freedom

Zimbabwe charges 45 with treason for viewing Egypt footage

Shehnilla Mohamed 7 Mar 2011

Media

In Zimbabwe, courthouse filming lands journalist in jail

2 Mar 2010

Theatre

New head for SA Ballet Theatre

22 Feb 2010

Media

Zimbabwe media defense lawyer arrested

15 May 2009

Production

Annual Tri Continental Film Festival awards

25 Sep 2008

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS, human rights charter proposed in Zimbabwe

4 Sep 2008

Newspapers

MMP to appeal over ombudsman's Daily Sun ruling

Issa Sikiti da Silva 18 Aug 2008

Media

Will the HRC case against Qwelane fail?

Issa Sikiti da Silva 29 Jul 2008

Events & Conferencing

Jo'burg prepares for Africa Day

Lesego Madumo 15 May 2008

Media

Times reporter released on bail, trial set for this week

9 Apr 2008

Media

Zimbabwe media law increases oppression

10 Aug 2007

Digital

Calling Zimbabwe? Be careful... Someone might be listening

2 Jul 2007

Media

Zimbabwe journalists launch self-regulation body

Lebo Nkatazo 20 Jun 2007

Media

Beating of media lawyer slammed

14 May 2007

Media

Justice takes another beating in Zimbabwe

9 May 2007

Film & Cinematography

3 Continents Film Festival

10 Jul 2003

Advertising

ASA appoints independent chairs

30 May 2002