Stories

As I run  endlessly forwards and backwards  on the cramped space of our deck, with the sea sounding  below, my body  remembers when half a century ago I was running round and round  in a tiny exercise yard during  endless days of solitary confinement, dreaming I was running to the sea…

Following the declaration of a National Disaster for COVID-19 in South Africa and the most recent update from the Gauteng Executive Council is that all public facilities including Museums will be now be closed.

Following the declaration of a National Disaster for COVID-19 in South Africa, Constitution Hill has decided with great reluctance to cancel all programs, events, and guided tours until April 14, 2020. 

Having been praised for one of the greatest and most liberal constitutions in the world, one would think that South Africans, and especially the LGBTIQ+ community, were ungrateful for constantly complaining, marching and protesting.

Young and old, large and small, dressed mostly in orange and white T-shirts, hundreds of South Africans from all walks of life gathered to take part in the We The People Walk from Constitution Hill on Sunday, in celebration of the importance of human rights.  

South Africa’s constitutional democracy is 25 years old. Its achievements tell a mixed story. The Constitution of South Africa provides a foundation for human rights for all South Africans, a framework for a just and equitable society.