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Nurses wearing personal protective equipment. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP)
PUBLIC HEALTH

Honour the Women of 1956 by Funding Women’s Safety and Care

Despite declaring gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster, South Africa's government has failed to provide dedicated healthcare funding to support survivors.…

  • Matshidiso Lencoasa
5 min read
HUMAN RIGHTS

UWC honours Advocate Adila Hassim SC for a career fighting for those with the least power

The University of the Western Cape is conferring an honorary doctorate on Advocate Adila Hassim SC, honouring her career in public interest litigation, human rights advocacy, and…

  • Amahle Banda
6 min read
Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photo: Lyse Comins
SOUTH AFRICA

African leaders launch pushback against South Africa's anti-migrant narrative

Senior African political leaders, diplomats, lawyers, and researchers have launched a coordinated pushback against South Africa's increasingly hardline migration narrative,…

  • Hasina Kathrada
5 min read
HUMAN RIGHTS

'The law is clear': Sasha Stevenson fights back as vigilantes try to keep migrants out of clinics

Sasha Stevenson, Executive Director of SECTION27, reflects on over a decade of fighting for human rights in South Africa. From securing healthcare access for migrants against…

  • Sean Christie
17 min read