Human Rights Day: Date, historical significance, how to celebrate in South Africa
South Africa observes Human Rights Day on 21 March 2025. Here’s the theme, historical significance, and how to celebrate.
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Human Rights Day 2025: How to watch DP Mashatile’s keynote address live
Deputy President Paul Mashatile will deliver the 2025 Human Rights Day keynote address in Kariega. Here’s how to watch live.
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Latest Stilfontein letter claims miners are eating human flesh to survive
Released on Christmas Day, the letter paints a grim picture of life in the abandoned Stilfontein shafts.
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How the Legal Resources Centre has fought for human rights
Speech by Geoff Budlender on accepting the fourth George Bizos Human Rights Award.
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Watch: Coca-Cola truck looting caught on camera [video]
In the scorching Cape Town heat, Kreefgat residents were filmed lugging cases of looted Coca-Cola, with one woman seen chugging down a 1.5-litre bottle, completely oblivious to the fact that she was recorded committing a crime.
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Human Rights Day: Five of the most important rights South Africans have in 2024
Human Rights Day in 2024 shines a light on the essential rights that South Africans continue to champion and protect.
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Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent
The Mauritian Supreme Court found that section 250 of the 1838 Mauritius Criminal Code, which criminalises anal sex between two consenting adult men, violates the 1968 Mauritius constitution.
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2023 Mandela Day: Here’s how you can help fight food insecurity and climate change
The government has called on citizens to contribute to turning the tide against food insecurity and climate change on 2023 Mandela Day.
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Chaos erupts after Ghana MP calls for ban on sodomy and ‘rimming’ [video]
Ghana MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful ruptured the internet with her scathing call for a ban on sodomy and rimming during an anti-gay bill debate.
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Here’s everything you must know about World Press Freedom Day
This year’s celebration of World Press Freedom Day is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the link between press freedom, freedom of expression, and other human rights.
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Stellenbosch University ‘unequivocally’ apologises for Afrikaans ban
Stellenbosch University apologised “unequivocally” to all students in Minerva and Irene who felt their human rights and dignity was affected by not being able to speak Afrikaans in a social context.
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WeChat deleted accounts of student LGBTQ groups in China
At least two student LGBTQ groups have issued statements in response to their WeChat accounts being removed.
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YouTube removes videos documenting alleged human rights abuse in China
YouTube removed videos of alleged human rights violations in China, filmed by an activist group.