How South Africa is denying refugees their rights: what needs to change: Refugees who fled xenophobic attacks recently protested in Cape Town demanding to be sent elsewhere. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesSouth Africa hosted about 273,488 refugees and asylum seekers, of whom 84% come from sub-Saharan Africa, in 2018 - the latest period for which figures are … [Read more...] about How South Africa is denying refugees their rights: what needs to change | The Conversation
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The Covid-19 lockdown does not mean human rights have been suspended – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
The Covid-19 lockdown does not mean human rights have been suspended – Port Elizabeth in the News: The Covid-19 lockdown does not mean human rights have been suspended: Reports are that immigrant spaza-shops were raided by police early last Friday morning in Govan Mbeki, Port Elizabeth, to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. The immigrants were caught between a rock and … … [Read more...] about The Covid-19 lockdown does not mean human rights have been suspended – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
What are your rights within the context of COVID-19?
What are your rights within the context of COVID-19?: Videsha Proothveerajh [Durban, 26 March 2020] As the COVID-19 pandemic tightens its grip on South Africa and a 21-day national lockdown is implemented, companies, employers and employees across the country are hastily navigating a minefield of unfamiliar working conditions and stringent new Regulations that cut across … [Read more...] about What are your rights within the context of COVID-19?
Africa’s policies hold key to LGBT rights on the continent: here’s how | The Conversation
Africa's policies hold key to LGBT rights on the continent: here's how: An activist poses for the camera outside Botswana High Court which ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in June 2019. Tshekiso Tebalo/AFP via Getty ImagesQuestions of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression have continued to divide opinion across the globe. This is primarily driven … [Read more...] about Africa’s policies hold key to LGBT rights on the continent: here’s how | The Conversation
How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights | The Conversation
How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights: Workers harvest grapes on a wine estate in Stellenbosch outside of Cape Town. Anna Zieminski/AFP via Getty Images)Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. Debates around these malpractices were given fresh impetus four years ago with the … [Read more...] about How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights | The Conversation
