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Athletics - Golden League Track and Field ISTAF - The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany - 4 September 2022, South Africa's Caster Semenya in action during the women's 5000m Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File photo

Olympics no longer Semenya's major goal amid court fight

Hugo Boogaerdt and Nick Said 31 Oct 2023

Tunisians gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Tunis, Tunisia, 20 October 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo.

Tunisian parliament committee proposes bill criminalising normalisation with Israel

Tarek Amara 25 Oct 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

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SA recalls UN peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in Congo

16 Oct 2023

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Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

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South African Human Rights Commission addresses grant payment delays

Katja Hamilton 28 Sep 2023

The Pretoria High Court will hear a matter this week in which Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to Home Affairs’s “arbitrary” ID blocking practice. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

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Govt pays out more than R330m to Marikana victims

21 Aug 2023

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Govt pilots online platform for protection orders

10 Aug 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

File photo: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Women's 5000m - Heats - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, US - 20 July 2022 South Africa's Caster Semenya in action during the heat Reuters/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo

Court says Semenya can appeal testosterone limit for female athletes

Hritika Sharma and Nick Said 11 Jul 2023

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2023 Children's Rights Moot Court Competition winners

3 Jul 2023

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ZEP termination decision invalid and unconstitutional

Hedda Schensema and Taryn York 30 Jun 2023

Isabella Makhura, candidate attorney at Adams and Adams

#YouthMonth: Isabella Makhura is a voice for her people

Shan Radcliffe 20 Jun 2023

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