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Some prosecutions followed soon after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised accountability for the Marikana massacre.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country’s prosecuting authority has been compromised.
Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
Social media is a great tool for activists campaigning for social justice. But if it is not used with caution it can end up working against them.
The broader nature of today’s pro-choice movements show that a specific injustice can be a vehicle for highlighting wider social inequalities.
While the commitment of vegan businesses to animal well-being is laudable, is that where their ethical commitments stop? Are they reproducing bare-minimum labour standards, or aiming higher?
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
Morocco’s law combines with a strongly conservative society to create a real sense of danger among LGBTIQ people.
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
The Scottish club’s move to support women’s struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
Facebook is realizing it has broad obligations to society. Here’s how it could start meeting them.
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic.
More and more radical scholars and activists in the West are rejecting human rights. Is this right?
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s political power stemmed from the visceral connection that she was able to make between the lives of the oppressed black people, and her own.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s struggle was for humanity, oftentimes waged in an inhuman way.
Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
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