Twee Toring Church in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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Political secularism in South Africa is shaping into a tense contest between the relative ambitions of state and religious actors.
The Ingonyama Trust has been accused of illegal practices in rural villages in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
Universities have a role to play in equipping future teachers of the Deaf by teaching sign language.
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This is an opportunity for Deaf people to finally be properly educated in a language they understand.
Deaf students at the Khulani Special School learning sign language.
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Making South African Sign Language official is more symbolic than useful in the lives of a very marginalised community.
Paul Mashatile, the deputy president of South Africa.
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Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
South Africa is the only African nation to formally extend refugee protection to LGBTI+ people.
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The absence of reliable quantitative data makes it difficult – if not impossible – to hold Home Affairs, the police and other state entities to account.
Frene Ginwala addressing the media in 2017, tireless in her fight for justice.
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A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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It has become increasingly clear that the country needs to start thinking of life without Ramaphosa - and the ANC - in charge.
African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo during his exile in Botswana.
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A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
Protesters demonstrate outside the high court in Cape Town against parole for Janusz Walus.
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The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.
Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The new process of impeachment requires an objective test to be met.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a parliamentary session.
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Parliament’s failure to live up to its constitutional mandate was noted by the State Capture Commission as having enabled former president Zuma’s regime to corrupt state behaviour with ease.
Traditional courts don’t reflect indigenous ways of dispute resolution.
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South African legislators are steadily moulding indigenous laws into the image of western laws.
The image of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, on a window at Regina Mundi Cathedral in Soweto.
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There is no such thing as ‘private’ religion. Beliefs have public implications. Yet, they cannot go unchecked when they cause harm.
Voters in Johannesburg queue to vote in South Africa’s May 2019 national elections.
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Referenda may well have a place in the country’s democracy, but if the form of an electoral system can be referred to a referendum, why not capital punishment, abortion or LGBT rights?
Judge President of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, Mandisa Maya.
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It is important to embrace all the nation’s languages in a multilingual and multicultural society. This will ensure they are used, developed and mainstreamed.
The government had many years to ensure a smooth transition from analogue to digital television but failed.
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The decision further delays migration to digital broadcasting and places strain on the urgently needed bandwidth for mobile data.
Right to die activist Sean Davison (left) speaks to the press after three years of house arrest.
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People make decisions throughout their lives about their health. But when they are terminally ill they are not allowed to decide when they want to die.
A memorial in Orlando West, Soweto, honouring the victims of the massacre of school children by apartheid police.
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The students who marched on 16 June 1976 did more than simply register a political opinion.
A woman votes in South Africa’s November 2021 local elections.
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The whole idea behind independent candidates is the hope that their inclusion might improve the accountability of parliamentarians to the voters. The bill doesn’t do that.