Deputy President David Mabuza says 436,563 hectares of land have to date been released and approved for allocation, under the land distribution programme...
Adjaye Associates has completed a memorial honouring Cherry Groce who was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police in 1985...
World Water Week, which took place between 15 and 22 March 2021, provides an opportunity to rethink where we are as a nation. It provides an opportunity to re-evaluate our journey...
Professor Anthony Turton 26 Mar 2021
Incarceration Nations Network in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted an interactive panel discussion unpacking to various stakeholders the problems associated with the current correctional services system...
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Agricultural economist, Wandile Sihlobo says that come April 2020, the proposed change to the Constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation (EWC) may not happen...
Nicci Botha 27 Sep 2019
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Ronald Lamola says the department is in the process of reviewing and modernising the Criminal Procedures Act to ensure that it is centred on protecting victims of abuse...
Nelson Mandela University's Riaan Huiskens has been named the overall winner of the 32nd Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards...
It seems that a High Court judgement in favour of Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) and Xolobeni community over mining rights on their land is not good enough for Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe...
Nicci Botha 18 Jan 2019
The call follows the recent arrest of six suspected rhino poachers at a guesthouse in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal...
Tyres burned on Wale Street in Bo-Kaap in May this year with protesting residents wanting to draw attention to concerns about development and heritage...
Aidan Jones 27 Jun 2018
Bottomup - a non-profit organisation in Edgemead, Cape Town - goes far and beyond to provide schools with programmes that nurture belonging and identity; undertaking to understand why the youth have become disconnected from education...
Robin Fredericks 20 Mar 2018
Google has announced its annual Year in Search. Previously called Google Zeitgeist, it gives a snapshot of the trends, people and happenings that captured the nation's interest during the year...
There are political, environmental and social controversies associated with that most delectable of South African beverages: rooibos tea...
Rachel Wynberg 30 Nov 2016
The recent ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA), in favour of Gun Free South Africa, sets an important precedent for NGOs using advertising for advocacy purposes...
PRETORIA: Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele says regret, remorse, reconciliation, rehabilitation and reintegration are key to the success of the Victim-Offender Dialogue programme.
Bullies can no longer rely on gaps in the law to escape the consequences of their actions. The commencement of the Protection From Harassment Act on 27 April 2013 means that bullies as young as fourteen, and possibly younger, can now be the subject of a protection order. For continued harassment, a bully may face criminal prosecution.
The Restorative Justice Centre (RJC) has been cleared of all allegations of misconduct by an arbitrator, following a decision by the Department of Social Development (DSD) to suspend government funding to the organisation on the basis of an erroneous report. The DSD's suspension of funding resulted in the organisation being forced to terminate its services.