South Africa is preparing to host its very first citizens’ assembly in Cape Town, with the event provisionally planned for September or October 2026. During a period when public trust in democratic institutions is weak and political disengagement is …
Over the last six years the state has not fully accounted for the missing learners in the education system: where are those scholars who started grade one 12 years ago but did not sit for matric examination, and are not employed or in other sectors o…
As researchers working in Khayelitsha, we have questioned how we should engage with a community shaped by both beauty and brutality. And how can our research honour these dynamics without reducing them to data?…
Every year, South Africa observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, as the nation is reminded of a painful truth – despite decades of struggle and progress, women are still fighting to be seen, heard and protected……
I went in expecting to learn some academic stuff and jargon and the typical textbook human rights topics, but I left with something entirely different….
