About Us
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) is a non-profit human rights organisation. We work with communities, social movements, individuals and other non-profit organisations in South Africa and beyond to develop and implement strategies to challenge inequality and realise socio-economic rights.
SERI’s conviction is that it is the people who are on the receiving end of poverty and inequality who are best placed to devise and implement strategies to challenge them. We provide legal advice and representation, research services and advocacy support to our clients and partners. We act to protect and expand the political spaces in which individuals and communities organise and press for social change.
Read the latest SERI newsletter published in December 2025 here.
Latest News
- [OP-ED] SERI's Thato Masiangoako reflects on the decade since the Melani judgment and Slovo Park's struggle for informal settlement upgrading (13 April 2026).
- [PRESS STATEMENT] Johannesburg Mayor and City Manager summoned to court over failure to provide emergency housing (13 April 2026).
- [PRESS STATEMENT] Labour Appeal Court orders Namaqua Wines to reinstate Mr Vuyani Qomoyi in "white racist" dismissal case (9 April 2026).
- [JOINT PRESS STATEMENT] 10 years after Melani: Slovo Park informal settlement still waiting for justice (7 April 2026).
- [OPEN LETTER] SERI Executive Director, Nomzamo Zondo, pens an open letter for this year's International Day of Truth (24 March 2026).
- [PRESS STATEMENT] Labour Appeal to decide limits of free speech "white racist" dismissal case (20 March 2026).
- [LITIGATION UPDATE] CSAAWU appears before the the Labour Appeal Court in Qomoyi matter concerning freedom of speech and racism (19 March 2026).
- [ADVOCACY] SERI's Thato Masiangoako participates in ESCR-net workshop on fieldwork research methods (13 March 2026).
- [SUBMISSION] SERI makes a submission to the SAHRC Inquiry into the Food Systems of South Africa (11 March 2026).
- [SUBMISSION] SERI makes a submission on the Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection (20 February 2026).