Naledi Sikhakhane

“We demand a thorough and impartial investigation into their arrest and the conduct of the security forces involved." Civil society organisations strongly condemn alleged torture of activists in Zimbabwe .

‘One day the country will be run by a woman, with or without the permission of men.' A quote from Alice Caleni, the former chairperson of Abahlali Women's League.

As the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit begins on 17 August 2024 in Harare, concerns are mounting over the arrests of a group of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe. Mary Lawlor has added to the chorus now campaigning for their release.

Gugulomuzi Ducky Ngcobo’s story of resilience and love for farming has taken him from milking six cows by hand to having 300 that he milks in a state-of-the-art milking facility. He credits the farm’s growth to his long-time mentor and friend Robert Stapylton-Smith.

Food inflation continued to dip slightly in July but an upward tick in the price of some essential foods reversed the relief lower-income households felt from the decrease.

The KZN Department of Education has finally paid most of the school feeding scheme service providers, but they're still going to court to find a resolution to an ongoing crisis that threatens to leave learners hungry.

Nearly three decades after SA’s formal land claims process began in 1996, many farmland restitution projects are floundering or have collapsed, raising questions about the extent to which the billions of rands of state expenditure has benefited the claimant communities.

Experts at a Stellenbosch University event on food justice said while millions of South Africans are going hungry, tonnes of food are wasted annually. They called for urgent reforms, describing access to food as a constitutional right rather than charity.

For more than a decade, residents of a KwaZulu-Natal community have been opposing mining giant Jindal’s plans for an opencast iron ore mine, which would see 350 families evicted from their homes.

Nearly three decades after SA's formal land claims process began in 1996, many farmland restitution projects are floundering or have collapsed, raising