Category: South Africa

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.
Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
Currency: South African rand
Population: 57.78 million (2018) World Bank

South Africa must support ICC and fight against impunity, says SALC

October 8, 2013 Global AuthorICC, kenya, South Africa, UN

SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ICC AND THE FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SALC JOHANNESBURG, October 7 – With tension mounting between the African Union and the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa must publicly confirm its support for the ICC and the fight against impunity for genocide, war crimes and other crimes against humanity, said the Southern Africa Litigation... Read More

War criminals can’t hide behind confidentiality clause in refugee law says SA Constitutional Court

September 27, 2013 Global AuthorOSISA, SALC

JOHANNESBURG – The South African Constitutional Court ruled today in Mail and Guardian Media Limited and others v Chipu NO and others that provisions contained in the Refugee Act providing for absolute confidentiality in the context of refugee applications are unconstitutional and invalid being an unreasonable limitation on the right to freedom of expression. In reaching this finding, the court placed reliance on... Read More

Marikana and the limits of the new Afro-enthusiasm

August 26, 2012 Global AuthorSouth Africa

As a Malawian, the August 16th Marikana Mine massacre in South Africa invokes the kinds of questions that Malawians asked on 20th July in 2011. Why did the police shoot to kill demonstrators? Was there absolutely no non-violent action the police could have taken, other than killing so many protesters? Were the demonstrators so violent that the police had no... Read More

Last Chance to save The SADC Tribunal: Archbishop Tutu Adds his Voice to the Campaign

August 15, 2012 Global Author

Johannesburg, 13th August: At the end of this week, leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will decide on the fate of the SADC Tribunal – amid growing fears that they will opt to scrap the court’s human rights mandate and block individual access to it. The final decision will be taken at the SADC Heads of State and Government summit... Read More

NEW RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS DEVASTATING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FUND CRISIS ON HIV, TB RESPONSE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

July 26, 2012 Global Author

Johannesburg, 25 July 2012: The cancellation of Round 11 funding by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has severely undermined efforts to tackle HIV and AIDS in southern Africa by weakening civil society organisations, diverting funds away from critical support programmes and preventing countries from targeting some of the most-at-risk groups, according to research released today at the... Read More

SADC Ministers meet in Angola to decide the Fate of it’s Tribunal

June 12, 2012 Global Author

JOHANNESBURG, 11 June 2012 – With Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) meeting in Luanda until June 15th to discuss the future of the SADC Tribunal, three legal bodies have called on them to safeguard the Tribunal and the rule of law in the region by ensuring that access to the Court by private individuals... Read More

South Africans Protest over Hearing for Zuma Rival

August 30, 2011 Global Authorpolitical unrest. ANC, President Zuma, South Africa

The police in South Africa on Tuesday confronted crowds of angry demonstrators supporting Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of the ruling party’s influential youth league, as he attended a disciplinary hearing that could sway both his own political career and that of President Jacob Zuma before party elections next year. . Read More