Human Rights News & Updates | Report Focus News

Initiation Deaths Spark Tougher Laws in South Africa

Minister warns violators face immediate closure as winter season begins with new safety protocols. BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Government has launched a zero-death campaign for the 2025 winter initiation season following last year’s tragic deaths of 94 young initiates and 11 amputations.

June 4, 2025

Breaking News·Zimbabwe

UK lifts sanctions on four Zimbabwe officials

Four senior Zimbabwean officials have been removed from UK sanctions lists in a move that could signal improving relations between London and Harare. The UK announced on Tuesday it was delisting Owen Ncube, Isaac Moyo, Godwin Matanga and Anselem Sanyatwe, along with

May 27, 2025

Zimbabwe

Police Name 20 Zimbabweans Killed in South Africa’s Operation Vala Umgodi

HARARE- Police have released the names of 20 Zimbabweans who died during the controversial Operation Vala Umgodi, a months-long standoff between authorities and illegal miners trapped underground in Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa. The operation, which began in August and

May 13, 2025

America·Travel·US politics

Libya rejects US deportation plan as first flights expected this week

WASHINGTON — Libya has firmly rejected a controversial US plan to deport migrants to its territory, with both rival governments denouncing the proposal just hours after news broke that deportation flights could begin as early as Wednesday. The Government of National Unity

May 7, 2025

The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg

Featured·South Africa·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Teen Denied Liver Transplant in South Africa Over Immigration Status

A critically ill Zimbabwean teenager has been denied a potentially life-saving liver transplant at a South African public hospital due to her immigration status. Vanessa Mafu, 15, who suffers from liver cirrhosis caused by autoimmune hepatitis, cannot access the deceased donor waiting

April 17, 2025

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president signs controversial NGO law

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed Zimbabwe’s disputed Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill into law, giving authorities sweeping powers to control NGOs operating in the country. The legislation took effect Friday after being gazetted as Act No. 1 of 2025. The new law

April 13, 2025

Taswald Ruiters said she wants people to respect transgender women

Arts & Lifestyle·Featured·South Africa

Transgender Woman Barred from Restroom Prompts Cape Town Review

A transgender woman was prohibited from using the women’s restroom at Green Point Athletics Stadium, prompting the City of Cape Town to review its policies on transgender toilet access. Taswald Ruiters reported feeling humiliated after being confronted by a self-identified “toilet manager”

February 28, 2025

A man who identified himself as Pablo claims he was responsible for leaking the viral videos showing extreme violence and torture perpetrated by Zanzou s nightclub bouncers Photo Screenshot

Crime·South Africa

Whistleblower Exposes Systematic Torture at Pretoria Nightclub

Former bouncer releases footage of human rights violations at Zanzou nightclub, claims police corruption shields perpetrators. A former security guard at Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria has released disturbing footage documenting systematic torture of patrons, claiming he secretly recorded over 75 videos of

February 18, 2025

Featured·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty In Historic Legal Reform

Zimbabwe joins 24 African nations in ending capital punishment as President Mnangagwa signs abolition bill into law. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has abolished the death penalty, transforming sentences for approximately 60 death row inmates and ending a practice dating back to British

January 1, 2025

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Human Rights Defenders Arrested at Airport Ahead of SADC Summit

Three prominent human rights defenders, Robson Chere of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ), Namatai Kwekweza, and opposition councillor Samuel Gwenzi, have been arrested at Robert Mugabe International Airport. This incident occurred as they were about to board a plane, according to

July 31, 2024

Report Focus News

Report Focus News

Human Rights

Initiation Deaths Spark Tougher Laws in South Africa

UK lifts sanctions on four Zimbabwe officials

Police Name 20 Zimbabweans Killed in South Africa’s Operation Vala Umgodi

Libya rejects US deportation plan as first flights expected this week

Zimbabwe Teen Denied Liver Transplant in South Africa Over Immigration Status

Zimbabwe president signs controversial NGO law

Transgender Woman Barred from Restroom Prompts Cape Town Review

Whistleblower Exposes Systematic Torture at Pretoria Nightclub

Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty In Historic Legal Reform

Zimbabwean Human Rights Defenders Arrested at Airport Ahead of SADC Summit

ABOUT

NEWS CATEGORIES

REGIONS

QUICK LINKS

Suggestions

Human Rights

ABOUT

NEWS CATEGORIES

REGIONS

QUICK LINKS