These inhospitable living conditions are the reason the #HoutbayProtests erupted
At least one person died after being caught in a hail of rubber bullets and tear gas when protests broke out in Imizamo Yethu,...
Police watchdog can’t keep up with crooked cops
Thousands of cases of police brutality are reported in South Africa each year but only a fraction of them ever result in criminal charges....
Ari Sitas: “June 1976 was a point of no return”
ARI SITAS, sociology professor at UCT, reflects on the events of June 1976 and what it meant to be a young person then.
I was...
#SAPSCapture: when police serve politicians, not the law
As the Moerane Commission of Inquiry probes the 89 political killings in KwaZulu Natal since 2011, The Daily Vox explores the disturbing trend of...
Released Marikana activist says Ramaphosa and police must be arrested
On 2 August, one of the 14 arrested Marikana activists, Napoleon Webster, held a press conference along with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...
Do you know your rights? This new app has your back
Students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Wits University have created an app that combines tech and social justice, to empower South...
After The Police Teargas Came The Stillborn Baby
"He was going to be our first son. His father always talked about how he will take him to work with him and leave...
Here’s what the police are supposed to do when someone reports...
The experience of a sexual assault is violent and traumatic. The last thing you may want to do is deal with the police, especially...
#JoburgFire: NEHAWU Members Warned Officials 3 Years Ago Over Unsafe Building
Three firefighters lost their lives on Wednesday while battling a fire that broke out the Gauteng provincial human settlements and cooperative governance building. One...
It’s time to hold the state accountable for violence against women
With the exception of couple of men, about 50 women gathered at the Hlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa (HiDSA) in Parktown on...
#TaxiStrike in Cape Town affects thousands of commuters
Busses were set alight and cars were stoned this morning as taxi drivers in Cape Town embarked on a massive strike in the city.Â
Golden...
Marievale: Home Of Community Leader Bombed
After midnight on Wednesday, a petrol bomb was thrown onto the roof of Marievale community leader and former South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Zimbabwean Civil Society Remain Cautious Over Upcoming Elections
On June 28, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition held a press briefing at Cosatu House in Johannesburg. The briefing was on the upcoming Zimbabwean...
#FeesMustFall: Wits failed to provide healthcare and police targeted first responders
New report echoes the warnings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry and says police and schools must plan for protests.
ESCR: SA Must Fulfil Its Human Rights Obligations For All South...
On Saturday the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) co-hosted a solidarity meeting with Abahlali baseMjondolo in partnership with Socio-Economic Rights...
Why Abahlali baseMjondolo Won’t Contest In The Elections
South African general elections are nearing and one of the major social movements for human rights, Abahlali baseMjondolo say this year's vote will be...
Court case challenges the constitutionality of protest law
On 14 June 2017, the Western Cape High Court heard a case challenging the constitutionality of the Regulation of Gatherings Act, on the grounds...
“We didn’t know that baby Jayden would be the price we’d...
On Monday, 29 May, residents of the Foreman Road informal settlement marched to the Sydenham police station after the death of two-week-old Jayden Khoza,...
#Biko40 reminds us the police are still brutal
On 12 September, South Africans commemorate 40 years since the death of Bantu Stephen Biko, anti-apartheid activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement....
Student leader Bonginkosi Khanyile aces studies while in jail
He sat in his prison cell in yellow “detainee remand†pants and shirt.
The prison warders didn’t use his name; they simply said “prisonerâ€. But...