Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
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South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
Social media is a great tool for activists campaigning for social justice. But if it is not used with caution it can end up working against them.
The broader nature of today’s pro-choice movements show that a specific injustice can be a vehicle for highlighting wider social inequalities.
While the commitment of vegan businesses to animal well-being is laudable, is that where their ethical commitments stop? Are they reproducing bare-minimum labour standards, or aiming higher?
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
Morocco’s law combines with a strongly conservative society to create a real sense of danger among LGBTIQ people.
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
The Scottish club’s move to support women’s struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
Facebook is realizing it has broad obligations to society. Here’s how it could start meeting them.
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic.
More and more radical scholars and activists in the West are rejecting human rights. Is this right?
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s political power stemmed from the visceral connection that she was able to make between the lives of the oppressed black people, and her own.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s struggle was for humanity, oftentimes waged in an inhuman way.
Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.
Ruth and Maurie Crow were early advocates of the compact city. They also warned 50 years ago that a clear justice intent was needed to shape cities for their citizens rather than vested interests.
Those on low incomes get less back from home improvement schemes than they pay in government charges.
The ethical and political reasons to avoid free higher education are unambiguous.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Research Theme Leader of the Flourishing Life Research Theme, University of the Free State
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Chief Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand