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Standard Bank in Cape Town. Image: Supplied
GREENWASHING

Standard Bank faces greenwashing complaint over EACOP financing

Fossil Free South Africa and the StopEACOP Coalition have filed a greenwashing complaint against Standard Bank with the Advertising Regulatory Board, challenging its…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Minister Leon Schreiber. Image: Supplied
HOME AFFAIRS

Home Affairs withdraws asylum directive as Schreiber defends reversal

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has defended the withdrawal of an asylum application directive after refugee centres were overwhelmed and violent anti-immigrant protests…

  • Hasina Kathrada
4 min read
Murdered: Elizabeth "Tsontso" Moselakgomo was the glue that held her family together.
CRIME

Nine lives snuffed as fears escalate

As police investigate the deaths of nine women across Ekurhuleni, grieving families and activists call for decisive state action and systemic changes to curb the ongoing femicide…

  • Amahle Banda
6 min read
In recent weeks, anti-immigrant violence and intimidation have spread across several communities, forcing migrants to flee their homes, seek shelter in public buildings or even request repatriation to their countries of origin. (Paul Botes)
HUMAN RIGHTS

UN committee urges South Africa to dismantle racist vigilante groups

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on South Africa to dismantle racist vigilante groups amid rising xenophobic violence, migrant killings,…

  • Hasina Kathrada
3 min read