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Digital Comment Creator. Human Rights Lawyer. M&G 200 Young SA 2023. Allround good guy. Words in: @GroundUp_News, @mailandguardian, @SundayTimesZA & @BDliveSA
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Members of Operation Dudula have been interdicted from “taking the law into their own hands” and uttering hate speech in their “xenophobic” campaign against immigrants.

Read groundup.org.za/article/judg... by Tania Broughton
Judge interdicts Operation Dudula
Human dignity has no nationality, says Judge Adams
groundup.org.za
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The Child Support Grant reaches over 13-million children but remains below the food poverty line, leaving many households unable to meet basic nutritional needs.

Read groundup.org.za/article/chil... by Marecia Damons
Child Support Grant must be increased to end child hunger, report says
The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019
groundup.org.za
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Court blocks former Lottery official from receiving money after sale of his luxury home. The house and other properties he owns were paid for with lottery money

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Court blocks former Lottery official from receiving money after sale of his luxury home
The house and other properties he owns were paid for with lottery money
groundup.org.za
February 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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#JusticeforMuhsin: Gay Imam remembered at Cape Town Pride

Hundreds joined the Cape Town Pride Parade on Saturday morning to celebrate queerness, love and inclusion

Read groundup.org.za/article/just... by Daniel Steyn. Photos and video by Ashraf Hendricks.
#JusticeforMuhsin: Gay Imam remembered at Cape Town Pride
Pride parade celebrates queerness, love and inclusion
groundup.org.za
March 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A piece my colleague and I wrote in the Mail & Guardian:

OPINION | Urgent need for clear policy on sexual harassment in legal sector

mg.co.za/thought-lead...
Urgent need for clear policy on sexual harassment in legal sector
An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations
mg.co.za
February 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Minister Parks Tau has postponed announcing the new lottery operator for another 12 months, marking the third delay since July 2022.

The lucrative licence is worth about R180-billion over five years.

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Decision on new Lottery operator postponed by a year. But Ithuba’s licence expires in May
No clarity on what happens to lotto ticket sales and NLC grants after expiry
groundup.org.za
February 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Essential reading by Zikhona Ndlebe and @mbekezeli.bsky.social of Judges Matter about the systemic issue of sexual harassment in the legal profession: mg.co.za/thought-lead...

Read the CALS report on transformation they reference here: www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-u...
Urgent need for clear policy on sexual harassment in legal sector
An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations
mg.co.za
February 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Sordid tales: Cape judge faces impeachment. Judge Mushtak Parker is appearing before a Judicial Conduct Tribunal in a case that involves allegations of physical assault, sexual harassment and stolen trust money

Read groundup.org.za/article/park... by Tania Broughton
Sordid tales: Cape judge faces impeachment
Judge Mushtak Parker is appearing before a Judicial Conduct Tribunal in a case that involves allegations of physical assault, sexual harassment and stolen trust money
groundup.org.za
February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM