Public confidence in the Constitutional Court is key to its legitimacy.
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The court covered itself in glory in the first 15 years, but its performance has been patchy since then, coinciding with Jacob Zuma’s presidency.
Asylum seekers queue outside the Home Affairs office in Cape Town to extend their asylum seeker permits.
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The White Paper’s proposals are vague and seek to solve problems that are not about immigration.
Day one of the lockdown in South Africa on 27 March 2020 found some 100 African refugees living on a sidewalk in Cape Town.
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South Africa does not put refugees in camps. So, the government is responsible for their protection and well-being. Its performance was hit-and-miss.
A whites-only beach during apartheid in South Africa.
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Peddlers of dangerous ideas regarding the constitution should be reminded of what was done in the name of a legislative majority under apartheid.
Looters rampage through a shopping centre in the city of Durban during lawlessness triggered by the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma.
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The evidence shows that political risk in South Africa has increased markedly in certain areas over the past two decades.
Residents of Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town gather to collect food parcels provided by One South Africa Movement representative.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that South Africa’s policymakers can no longer ignore the country’s obligations in terms of international, regional and national human rights law.
Boris Johnson, as foreign secretary, attends the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2018.
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A new study examined what the UK priorities – and sidelines – at the UN Human Rights Council.
Swingeing changes are overdue.
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In a divided, alienated, austerity, backward-looking Britain, the time has come to make good on social rights.
Conflict-affected Yemenis wait to receive charity-provided food rations in Sana'a in April 2018.
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Those tasked with sustaining peace must address economic, social and cultural rights to stand any chance of succeeding.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the public protector of South Africa.
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The public protector’s proposal to change the mandate of South Africa’s Reserve Bank goes well beyond changing individual rules to overturning their very foundation, anchored in the Constitution.
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Protests in South Africa are about more than just service delivery of basic services such as water and electricity. They reflect a wider crisis about the failure to build a more equitable society.