The Centre for Applied Legal Studies is a human rights organisation that has been reshaping justice since 1978 https://teapawt.net/t.co/1zuOylNrQk
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined July 2014
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Please note that from this week CALS will be open for walk-in consultations on Mondays and Tuesdays between 9:00 and 17:00.
On other days, please feel free to email info.cals[at]wits.ac.za to set up a consultation.
CALS is in the Constitutional Court today for an appeal brought by the Buta family. They are appealing an order to exhume the remains of their relatives from land that has been acquired by a mining company, despite an ongoing land claim by the family.
wits.ac.za/news/sources/cals…
Congratulations to former CALS director Tshepo Madlingozi who has been appointed Chair of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement!
Find out more: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
Next week, CALS is co-hosting a PhD workshop in partnership with @UiB at @WitsUniversity
The course looks at rights-based strategies and features guest speakers including @ChristopherGvrs, Justice Mavedzenge of the @ICJ_org and Mark Heywood from @UCT_news
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Who benefits when communities defending their rights are labelled “anti-development”?
CER’s Thami Nkosi explores how intimidation and smear campaigns threaten civic space and democracy.
Read: mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026…
#activism #whistleblowers #HumanRights
READ: Our Anesu Dera explains why Africa must defend the original scope of the #BindingTreaty on business and human rights
businessday.co.za/opinion/20…
Day 2 of the Public Interest Law Gathering #PILG2026 saw our Lutho Kana moderating the panel "Beyond 1913: Land justice and defending the constitutional promise"
The panel featured @AbongileNkamisa from @SAHRCommission & Cele Nkumba Nyuswa a traditional leader from KwaZulu Natal
It's day 1 of this year's Public Interest Law Gathering!
Tarisai Mugunyani from @CentreEnvRights welcomes everyone to #PILG2026 remarking on where we are as civil society as we celebrate 30 years of the Constitution and as we anticipate local government elections in November
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Thuto Gabaphethe reflects on the Bill, emphasising that it criminalises not only people experiencing homelessness but housing and land activists
One of the positive outcomes from its publication is that civil society came together to respond collectively
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@ThutoGabaphethe: The PIE Amendment Bill is clearly unconstitutional and that must be challenged. It's an attempt to amend the Constitution through the back door. It does not take into consideration the history of land dispossession
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CALS retweeted
📢The countdown is almost over!
The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG) 2026 takes place on 26 and 27 October at the @WitsUniversity, bringing together Public interest and CSOs to engage on the challenges facing human rights and constitutional democracy in SA.
CALS retweeted
⏳ Almost time for #PILG2026!
On 26–27 October 2026, public interest lawyers and civil society organisations gather at @WitsUniversity to discuss human rights and constitutional democracy in South Africa.
#HumanRights #PILG
CALS joins forty other organisations in calling for thirteen priorities for the new Equitable Access to Land Bill to ensure land justice
Find out more: wits.ac.za/news/sources/cals…
New op-ed out from our Lulama Madyaka:
“Perhaps one day, queer people will attend Pride marches without fearing for their safety... Until then, Pride must remain both a celebration of how far the struggle has come and a reminder of how much remains to be done.”
Pride is more than a parade — the importance of queer freedom dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
New opinion out!
Our Dr Anesu Dera along with Phyllia Ngoatje from @LHR_SA and Maxine Bezuidenhout from @AIDC_RSA reflects on where we are in the process of negotiating for a #BindingTreaty on corporate accountability
sowetan.co.za/opinion/column…
Day 3 of the #BindingTreaty negotiations saw our Dr Anesu Dera participate in a side event titled “Environmental Justice in the UN Binding Treaty: Corporate Accountability, Conflict and the Right to a Healthy Environment”
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Anesu highlighted the role of civil society organisations in protecting human rights defenders who speak out against corporate abuses
His contribution explored the growing use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) to intimidate, silence and burden activists
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