Lerato Mutsila is a local journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She writes for Daily Maverick and her work has also been featured in Briefly News. Lerato focuses on reporting on political and social issues in South Africa, with a particular emphasis on civil society, corruption, and electoral law.
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Lerato Mutsila focuses on local South African politics, particularly civil society and electoral law. Her coverage heavily leans towards evolving stories, breaking news, and government announcements in the realm of South African politics.
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By: Lerato Mutsila
Diary highlights this week include a webinar on the twice-yearly Lenacapavir injection for HIV prevention, green hydrogen’s role in South Africa’s net zero transition, a gathering to critically discuss the state of democracy in the country and several civil society organisations will march to Parliament demanding boycott, disinvestment and sanctions for Israel.
By: Mutsila
A week after a devastating fire at Broadwalk Urban Village in Midrand, Johannesburg, many of the residents are still homeless and struggling to pick up the pieces after losing everything in the blaze. They have accused the property owners of negligence and refusing their pleas for help.
By: Mutsila
On Thursday, 17 October 2024 and Friday, 18 October Stellenbosch University's Centre for Social Justice will host two events, the 5th International Social Justice Conference and the 6th Annual Social Justice Summit, which will focus on attaining zero hunger in conjunction with World Food Day.
By: Lerato Mutsila
This week, human rights defenders from across South Africa will march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to demand an end to threats and violence aimed at activists and community members.
By: Lerato Mutsila
The Youth Employment Service is giving young people a hand up in a country where joblessness is at unprecedented levels and many people are growing increasingly despondent.
By: Estelle Ellis, Lerato Mutsila
Police announce that Soweto child deaths are all linked to toxic carbamates, as health inspectors raid Naledi and researchers report 2,652 child poisonings in Gauteng in three years.
By: Lerato Mutsila
Forensic tests have revealed that the six children who died as a result of food poisoning were killed by a highly toxic organophosphate called terbufos.
The recent pig farm murders have shed light on a growing trend of violence between farm owners, farm workers and the surrounding community, which has led the South African Human Rights Commission to question what needs to be done.
As what activists describe as state-sanctioned repression and human rights violations intensify in Mozambique with police using force to quell post-election protests, regional bodies like the Southern African Development Community and the African Union have been called on to intervene. Activists worry that the slow reaction to the increasing crisis in Mozambique will only result in more human rights violations.
It’s business as usual at the Lebombo port of entry after the Border Management Authority closed it on Wednesday in response to protests in Mozambique. As protests intensify in the region, civil society groups are calling on the SADC to intervene.
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