After interviewing women from all walks of life, Amnesty’s 2021 Twitter scorecard has found that women experience a higher risk of online abuse on this platform, which has over 9.3 million South African users.
Education has come to a standstill after the Swaziland National Association of Teachers in eSwatini confirmed the deployment of soldiers and police to about 80 schools.
According to Amnesty International, almost 20 million people in South Africa do not have access to safe, reliable water and 14 million people do not have access to basic sanitation.
Amnesty International South Africa said it was deeply troubling while the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation said it was a professional and well-organised hit.
Executive director of Amnesty International South Africa, Shenilla Mohamed, said that the widows of Marikana and the public in general needed closure in the form of accountability from government.
It's Media Freedom Day and Amnesty International in South Africa has called on government to shield journalists from harassment and intimidation.
Thursday marks World Toilet Day and it has reminded South Africans of the heart-breaking story of five-year-old Michael Komape who drowned in a pit toilet at his Limpopo primary school in 2014.
In a new report titled Surveillance Giants", the non-governmental organisation says the companies need to change their business model and stop their reliance on people's data.
Amnesty International South Africa director Shenilla Mohamed says authorities have failed to root out hatred against refugees and migrants.
