South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa should use his new leadership of the African Union to promote human rights across the continent, says Human Rights Watch.
Pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences has failed to deliver on promises to make an important drug available to people suffering from a life-threatening HIV-related infection, said Médecins Sans Frontières.
A large clinical research study conducted in four African countries found no significant difference in risk of HIV infection among women using one of three highly effective, reversible contraceptive methods.
South African journalists have taken legal action in England against insurers for defunct media company Bell Pottinger over 'White Monopoly Capital' media campaign
Corruption Watch has greeted President Jacob Zuma’s resignation with Joy and relief because a critical obstacle in the way of renewing South Africa’s democracy has been removed but with anger and resentment at the public resources which have been looted and the key institutions which have been crippled and must be rebuilt.
On the weekend of Nelson Mandela's birthday, prominent South Africans have united to urge the UK Government to reconsider plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.
South African President Jacob Zuma must make public the findings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry into the killings of 34 striking miners on 16 August 2012, says Amnesty.
The South African Council of Churches has elected new leaders at its Triennial Conference in Johannesburg, which also emphasised the vocation to justice and peace.