25 April 2024
Career has been spent in support of social justice in SA with focus on migration and refugee policy and environmental law
18 April 2024
Foundation says document fails to recognise basic legal realities that prevent large scale tightening of our refugee laws
26 March 2024
Ezekiel Kekana & Sophie Smit on dealing with confusion surrounding failed promises from political parties over the years
28 February 2024
Group One advocate calls on AFT to lay complaint against SC for his "attack on the judiciary"
21 February 2024
Organisation welcomes the SCA’s decision on the matter
06 December 2023
Director will be leaving us to pursue a political role from 1 January 2024
07 November 2023
Foundation welcomes the protections afforded to permit holders
01 November 2023
Azwimpheleli Langalanga says SA govt's support for Palestine may generate further tension in run up to summit
26 October 2023
Court must help relieve the excruciating uncertainty that the Minister’s actions present to permit holders
03 October 2023
Nicole Fritz says by concentrating power of appointment of ED in the executive the directorate's independence is undermined
18 September 2023
Foundation notes that its staff members have been targeted by shadow actors on social media
12 September 2023
Paul Hoffman says the slide toward failed statehood is accelerating and it is up to voters to address the issue
05 September 2023
Suggestion that application brought to prevent Minister from deporting illegal immigrants is malicious and dangerous
04 September 2023
Executive Director says Minister refused request to observe protections extended to ZEP holders pending conclusion of appeal process
16 August 2023
Ezekiel Kekana says the GPG has only one homeless shelter and it is co-owned by city of Joburg
28 June 2023
Court remits decision back to Motsoaledi for fresh decision, following a fair and compliant process
07 June 2023
Foundation says judgment lays bare former president’s ulterior motives
31 May 2023
Commentator’s contributions to SA are and will be far-reaching, says Foundation
25 May 2023
Decision marks end of long-running litigation to prevent Mozambican ex-minister from evading justice
23 May 2023
Foundation makes two submissions seeking to improve the protection of women and their safety and visibility
06 April 2023
Organisation wants court to declare minister’s decision unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid and to set it aside
16 March 2023
Organisation says we cannot afford, economically or psychologically, even the suggestion of a repeat of the July 2021 unrest
12 December 2022
Economist had a no-nonsense approach to analysing complicated practical issues confronting SA society
06 December 2022
Ivan Pillay says there is currently no viable pathway for resolving problems through the institutions of govt
28 November 2022
Foundation presents eleven proposals for correcting the functioning and composition of commission
21 November 2022
And four other top stories on the business news website, 21 November 2022
09 November 2022
Bill as currently formulated, seeking to accommodate independents, will not increase political accountability
03 November 2022
And four other top stories on the business news website, 3 November 2022
02 November 2022
And four other top stories on the business news website, 2 November 2022
29 September 2022
Minister dismisses claim extension was a sop to ZANU-PF, delayed returns until after April 2023 elections in Zimbabwe
19 September 2022
Director Nicole Fritz writes to Glenn Leon FCPA Unit Chief, Fraud Section, over firms actions in SA
05 August 2022
Recent attack on SERI follows the targeting of the HSF in June
04 August 2022
Foundation says company played a role in the fraudulent restructuring and dismantling of SARS
04 August 2022
John will be remembered as the CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations and as a fierce and vocal defender of liberalism
30 June 2022
Instead of providing a reasoned defence, minister has made a venomous, unhinged attack on civil society
30 June 2022
This week we saw a glaring instance of executive abuse of all features of democracy
28 June 2022
In founding affidavit Nicole Fritz says Minister took this decision without any form of public consultation process
28 June 2022
Minister says SA is now under the dictatorship of some NGOs with faceless and dubious funders
15 June 2022
Special dispensation regime has offered legal protection to approximately 178 000 Zimbabwean nationals
02 June 2022
Foundation calls on JSC and Office of Chief Justice to investigate and resolve claims urgently
24 May 2022
Foundation says Roshan was the heart of HSF’s Friends of the Foundation and she will be missed
04 March 2022
Jos Venter examines the judgment of the ConCourt on the NA's rules on removal of heads of Chapter 9 institutions
09 February 2022
Foundation says successful candidate will be handed a poisoned chalice
15 December 2021
Judge Motojane rules Arthur Fraser's decision was unlawful, ex-President Zuma should go back to jail
06 December 2021
Chelsea Ramsden says we can take back the power and demand accountability
03 December 2021
Foundation says court held that there should have been a consideration of all relevant criteria
29 November 2021
Matthew Kruger says this is what happens when public life is structured by systematic economic and social exclusion
16 November 2021
Charles Simkins gives an overview of the legal context relevant to social relief of distress grant
16 November 2021
Charles Simkins probes extent of hunger in country and whether data available is coherent and complete
16 November 2021
Charles Simkins focuses on National Income Dynamics Study’s Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
10 November 2021
Graham Dominy says all we can do now is close our eyes and say two Amens
26 October 2021
Sophie Smit says communities and businesses are bearing the brunt of the dire state of local govt
26 October 2021
Catherine Kruyer draws insights from ConCourt’s recent judgment dismissing an application for postponement of elections
24 October 2021
Series of briefs unpacks various issues surrounding Executive Ethics Code
17 October 2021
Francis Antonie says neither candidate meets the criteria set out by the Shortlisting Panel
14 October 2021
Anton van Dalsen asks why govt is getting it wrong in the mining sector
06 October 2021
Chelsea Ramsden says there continues to be uncertainty over the criteria used to select justices
22 September 2021
Mining Charter III cannot give rise to legally binding obligations
17 September 2021
Majority finds that ex-President failed to demonstrate why the order was erroneously granted
15 September 2021
Foundation publishes responses to Matthew Kruger’s argument, and his comments and replies
10 September 2021
Matthew Kruger on the shared narcissistic disgust that is motivating the present moves
09 September 2021
Organisation requests reasons for decision to place former president on medical parole
01 September 2021
Christopher Fisher says the Ingonyama Trust failed to take customary property rights seriously
01 September 2021
Foundation says all suitably qualified candidates must, at the very least, be considered for appointment
27 August 2021
Chelsea Ramsden says this appointment should be made by Ramaphosa in an open and transparent manner
24 August 2021
Mihloti Basil Sherinda looks at the delivery of education during the pandemic
16 August 2021
Francis Antonie will be retiring at the end of this year, says Chairman Gary Ralfe
04 August 2021
Foundation opposes repeal of section 13 and 14 of the Act
27 July 2021
Sophie Smith says that in KZN fewer than 2 000 vaccinations were given last week
02 July 2021
Chelsea Ramsden says it is a good thing the ex-President's power over judicial appointments was limited
30 June 2021
Foundation hopes this moment will signal a renewed commitment to constitutional democracy
29 June 2021
Ex-President's contumacy all the more outrageous in light of the position he once occupied
14 June 2021
Christopher Fisher argues that decision to block purchase was based on an incorrect interpretation of Competition Act
10 June 2021
Anton van Dalsen also reflects on the insufficient institutional capacity within govt to implement large complex projects
10 June 2021
Charles Simkins looks at the divergence between growth of output and growth of employment between 2018 and 2021
01 June 2021
Christopher Fisher considers the principles at play in the legal battle
17 May 2021
Foundation says PSC must be given a role in the appointment process
17 May 2021
Catherine Kruyer & Zeenat Emmamally examine dept’s proposed amendments to legislation
17 May 2021
Report states that the ANC's destructive racial policies are being buttressed by intellectual trends in America
13 May 2021
Mihloti Basil Sherinda explores the implications of the Independent Panel Report
21 April 2021
Zeenat Emmamally examines this particular subtype of corruption
26 March 2021
Matthew Kruger on how the Covid cat caught the tongue of the human rights establishment
24 March 2021
Foundation says Zuma has persisted in his refusal to appear and give evidence before Commission
19 March 2021
Foundation says constraints should be placed on Minister’s power to extend a national state of disaster
18 March 2021
Chelsea Ramsden examines current reactions to service delivery failures and actions aggrieved residents may take
15 March 2021
This will determine constitutionality and lawfulness of interpretation of IPID Act sanctioned by court
11 March 2021
Charles Simkins asks how far increases in social grants can help
10 March 2021
Charles Simkins considers three of the proposals currently on the table
01 March 2021
Foundation says thorough reform of the electoral system is now appropriate
23 February 2021
Charles Simkins writes there is considerable uncertainty about final estimates, and authors acknowledge this
23 February 2021
Charles Simkins says the rich will resist a wealth tax, and they will fight like demons if it is set at a confiscatory rate
11 February 2021
Charles Collocott says one of the possible sources of funds for govt is the domestic capital market
10 February 2021
Mining and energy are two areas that Ramaphosa must focus on in his SONA
08 February 2021
Foundation wants a logical and rational process followed, leading to a justifiable, rational and reasonable conclusion
31 January 2021
Organisation says ruling will significantly strengthen the hand of Zondo Commission
17 January 2021
Charles Simkins says different sources of data appear to be saying different things
29 December 2020
Jacob Zuma has clear and unambiguous statutory duty to comply with commission's summonses and directives
09 December 2020
Matthew Kruger says life will fluctuate between passive, generalised melancholia and eruptive, disarticulated rage
08 December 2020
Foundation didn’t provide compelling reasons why leave to appeal should be granted
04 December 2020
Charles Simkins on why providing serviced land rather than houses is the way to go