Covid-19-Related Abuses As of October 3, 2021, South Africa had 2,906,422 confirmed Covid-19 cases with 87,780 deaths, the highest documented figure across Africa.

As part of the Commission's constitutional mandate to protect, promote, and monitor the human rights of LGBTQIA+ persons, a number of proactive and reactive measures have been put in place, led by the ...

A month-long series of yoga events held across South Africa culminated in International Day of Yoga celebrations at iconic UNESCO landmarks in four major cities in the country on Sunday. â ...

Baku hosted an international symposium titled “Strengthening the Rule of Law: The Role of Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions,” organized on the initiative of the Commissioner for Human ...

Human violence causes long-term anxiety and stress in South African baboon population, study suggests by Durham University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The search is on to recognise Australia’s leading human rights defenders and advocates who strive to improve the lives of people across the country. Australia’s peak human rights body is calling for ...

Fighting the ‘quota’ tag South Africa Test and ODI captain Temba Bavuma happens to be one of those cricketers ridiculed for years as a ‘quota pick’, whose place in the national team in any format was ...

South Africa then needed 128 more runs. In the 55th over, with a flick for four, Markram raised his bat for a superb century as gloomy clouds gathered, but South Africa’s batters stayed steady.

The Cabinet’s decision to ban Terbufos pesticide is a historic milestone in the realisation of critical socio-economic rights, says the South African Human Rights Commision (SAHRC).

Taking its name, in part, from a February 2025 Truth Social post in which Trump referred to himself as a king, the "No Kings Day" protests are part of a nationwide wave of over 1,800 protests ...

MTHATHA, South Africa (AP) — Receding floodwaters that submerged homes days before left the residents of Mthatha, South Africa, helpless. They watched the bodies of their families and neighbors being ...

LONDON (AP) — Australia overcame a miserable morning to rock South Africa back on its heels by the end of day one of the World Test Championship at Lord’s on Wednesday. Ball dominated bat all day as ...