Social Justice

South Africa’s court system has been abused by powerful people: five ways to stop it

After a battle of about four years to secure the removal of South Africa’s public protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the country’s parliament finally delivered the coup de grace in early September. Parliamentarians voted to impeach ...

Narnia Bohler-Muller Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Counci·8 months ago

Botswana Court Ruling Is A Ray Of Hope For LGBT People Across Africa

Botswana’s High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in African countries that still have simila...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Zimbabwe’s election was a fight between men – women are sidelined in politics despite quotas

Zimbabwe’s 2023 harmonised elections have largely been depicted as a battle between the two “Big Men” – President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu-PF and Nelson Chamisa of the leading opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Cha...

Diana Højlund Madsen Senior Gender Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, The Nordic Africa Institute·8 months ago

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

Our new research retells the story of Sharpeville, about 70km south of Johannesburg, from the viewpoint of the victims themselves. As experienced historians who have undertaken archival research in South Africa since the 1970s we based o...

Nancy L Clark - Dean and Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University. William H. Worger - Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles.·5 months ago

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