Briefing Paper 561 – Mental Health and Well-being by Lois Law
2022 has been the year during which most of the world emerged from the restrictions imposed…
2022 has been the year during which most of the world emerged from the restrictions imposed…
This year the US State Department issued the 22nd edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report….
South Africa’s first democratic national and pro- vincial elections in 1994 were held under a pure…
When Statistics South Africa conducted its National Household Travel Survey in 2013,1 more than 10% of…
The Paris Agreement is a legally-binding interna- tional treaty on climate change. It was adopted by…
As part of his Heritage Day speech this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised that xenophobia has…
High levels of crisis pregnancies in South Africa and limited options lead large numbers of desperate…
As the world seems to be coming out of the woods with the COVID-19 pandemic, a…
August is Women’s Month in South Africa and 9th August this year marked 66 years since women of all races marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the pass laws that had been introduced by the apartheid government. They marched for equality, dignity and respect. However, even as we celebrate Women’s Month, women are still being sexually assaulted and abused by men, often the ones they know. Despite the numerous campaigns and interventions by government and civil society organisations around gender-based violence, high levels of sexual assault, rape and femicide still occur.
Over the weekend of 29-31 July, the ANC held its 6th National Policy Conference at Nasrec,…
Recently the Western Cape High Court handed down what could well turn out to be a landmark decision in refugee jurisprudence. Judge Mark Sher ruled that “parents and care givers of South African children will be allowed to remain in South Africa after their relationships with their South African spouses have expired.” Judge Sher also ruled that certain provisions of the Immigration Act and its regulations were unconstitutional.
At the beginning of this year, a large part of Parliament burnt down. Whether or not…
The ‘poverty premium’ that flows from price increases of petrol, diesel, illuminating paraffin, electricity, etc., affects…
In this comment, Pope Francis touches on the very core of this year’s World Refugee Day…
BP547 -Child Pregnancy by Lois LawThe issue of teenage pregnancy has been a matter of concern…
As a continent, Africa accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions, in contrast…
“Floods are ‘acts of God’, but flood losses are largely acts of man.” Gilbert White KZN…
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC)[i] is presently considering submissions as to whether or not…
During the period of State Capture, roughly coinciding with the Zuma administration’s term of office, it…
On 19th January this year, Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), visited…