By: Maria Goyayi Social protection is defined as the set of policies and programmes that targets at improving people’s livelihood through enhancing their capacity to manage […]

By: Steven Friedman THIS country’s politicians and pundits support democracy – unless they find it inconvenient. We have been reminded of this by some of the […]

By Nneka Akwu The African Union (AU) is an international organization that was officially established in Durban, South Africa, on July 9, 2002, as a replacement […]

By: Dr. Adebimpe Ofusori All workers have equal rights, regardless of their status, nationality, or political beliefs. Section 23 of the South African Constitution guarantees that […]

By: Stanley Ehiane, The complexity and diversity of the migration narrative have recently escalated in both speed and direction due to the myriad economic, environmental, and […]

By: Lizzy Ofusori According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), developing countries are more likely to experience irregular migration. On average, it is projected to […]

In recent years, our nation has experienced tremendous “political events” that have shaken our democracy to its core. The reality is we are still deeply divided […]

“The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have […]

By: Steven Friedman, DEMOCRACY, we all know, cannot survive without free media. But can it get by with a media unable and unwilling to inform citizens? […]

By: Norah Msuya, As we celebrated Human Rights Day last month, it is sufficient to reflect on Whistleblowers’ rights as they reveal misconduct at significant personal […]

By: Maria Goyayi The right to protest, demonstrate, and picket, is a fundamental right toward accountability that forms the tenets of South Africa’s constitutional democracy. The […]

By: Stef Terblanche Electoral reform has become something of a clarion call of late as South Africa’s current political system experiences turbulence at different levels, giving […]

By: Akwu, Nneka Augustina The average South African citizen knows a significant amount about his or her rights, however, access to certain fundamental human rights is […]

By: Adebimpe Ofusori Human rights is a term that is not taken to be of great importance before but has come to acquire a much more […]

By: Lizzy Ofusori Human rights are the basic rights of each human being, irrespective of gender, religion, race, social status, political opinion, or any other characteristic. […]

By: Stanley Ehiane Over the last decades, human rights have grown in popularity, and have gradually begun to appear in the discourse of international human rights […]

  Migration into SA remains a challenge and has been amplified by governance deficits in parts of Africa.  There is a perception that the South African […]

By: Akwu, Nneka Augustina The energy sector is very significant and without it, poverty is inescapable considering how important it has been to human existence. In addition, for the fundamental human needs […]

By: Maria Goyayi Human rights while it describes the basic rights to all, often there are groups marginalized. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) together […]

By: Stef Terblanche In South Africa as indeed in Africa and around the world, many commentators are of the opinion that democracy finds itself in something […]