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Today, the Constitutional Court overturned a ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of Dudley Lee vs. the Minister of Correctional Services. This is a landmark case that highlights the State’s responsibility for ensuring that the constitutional rights of detainees are…

SAPS Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.Corruption Watch (CW) and the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) have filed a joint application for leave to intervene as co-applicants in Part B of the matter of Freedom Under Law v National Director of Public Proseuctions, case No. 26912/2012 brought…

By Elizabeth Roberts Three Bermudian women made history by being the first from the Island to attend a prestigious gender studies programme in Barbados. Elaine Williams, Deborah Bradford and Robyn Skinner spent all of July on the intensive course at the Caribbean Institute for Gender…

Several of the staff of the Hue Central Hospital were kind enough to come to work last Sunday morning to give my Atlantic colleagues and me a tour of what has become a world-class facility in the ten years since our Founding Chairman, Chuck Feeney,…

This publication focuses on using communications to advance human rights for South Africa’s rural poor. We believe it will be useful for advocates, nonprofit organisations and funders in many countries interested in effectively elevating important human rights issues on the policy agendas of democratic societies.…

ANALYSIS: Despite the economy's darkening shadow, Irish people must keep tackling social inequities, writes Jackie HarrisonOVER THE last few weeks, a number of people have asked me whether the current downturn in the economy will sound the death knell for philanthropy in Ireland, which is…

The Senior Help Line was established in 1998 to provide a listening service for older people who are lonely, neglected or isolated. The service was born from a consultative process undertaken by the North Eastern Health Board in 1997. Older people interviewed expressed their desire…

By Zanele Figlan, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa. The recent unrest in our country, South Africa, in the first two weeks of July 2021 is a first in the history of the post-democratic era. It started off as a protest action against…

As The Atlantic Philanthropies began the final phases of closure, management knew that, as the largest limited life foundation to spend down its assets, it would be a model for the philanthropic sector, particularly to other foundations interested in the concept of limited life or…

[caption id="attachment_80715" align="alignright" width="450"] Jean Brown (left) and Renee Crawford, longtime leaders of Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group, have worked together for over 20 years to forge a better life for their community. Photo: Richard Wade[/caption] This book tells the story of how The Atlantic Philanthropies’ investment…