REDRESS, an award-winning organisation that helps torture survivors seek justice, will be marking its 20th anniversary with a Literary Evening and a drinks reception on 24 April. The Literary Evening will take place at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, and will feature readings from prominent writers that have canvassed the topic of torture and human rights in their work. Roma Tearne, Haifa Zangana and Patricio Pron will be among the authors participating and Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor, will chair the event. In addition, a number of our clients who have undergone torture will present readings during the evening. The readings will be followed by a discussion with the authors, other panellists and the audience.

Khayelitsha NGO Equal Education has announced it will take basic education minister Angie Motshekga, finance minister Pravin Gordhan and the nine provincial MECs to court for their collective failures on school infrastructure. EE claims it’ll be the most far-reaching case about basic education in post-apartheid South Africa. In its 582-page founding affidavit, Equal Education, a movement made up of pupils, teachers and parents, says Motshekga has failed to exercise the powers section 5A of the SA Schools Act gives her to prescribe minima for school infrastructure.