[Webinar] Twenty one years after the Jali Commission

Why Overcrowding Still Plagues SA's Prisons. Join us on the 20th of January 2026 at 12pm with Judge Bozalek, Prof Matshaba and Doreen Gaura as we discuss overcrowding in South Africa's correctional centres.

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2025 Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture

Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo delivered the 2025 Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture under the topic: Is there a Need to Re-Examine the Judicial Appointment Model in South Africa.

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HSF rejects finalisation of white paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) is dismayed by Cabinet’s decision to adopts as final the White Paper on the Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a Complete Overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa (White Paper). This, despite strenuous objections from numerous civil society organizations, including HSF.

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Helen Suzman Foundation Welcomes Zimbabwean Exemption Permits Extension

HSF’s Executive Director, Nicole Fritz spoke to Newzroom Afrika’s Cathy Mohlahlana, welcoming the extension of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit.

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