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Union battles crippling court costs
Workers have a right to be represented but a cost order will destroy this if a Concourt appeal fails
The law must rest on solid foundations
The Helen Suzman Foundation’s director has to be selective about which battles it chooses to fight
Spurn activities that will harm our future
South Africans don’t take environmental laws seriously, and it’s the government’s fault
The new guardians of democracy
Stellenbosch University has set up a new unit to investigate the state of global democratic values
Victim’s assailant too close for comfort
Woman discovers the man who brutally attacked her now lives in her neighbourhood
African Bank hits hitch in restructuring
The treasury and the lender’s curator are running out of time to appease all the creditors involved.
Foreign direct investment boosts African megaprojects
West Africa overtook East Africa in a construction boom that stretches the continent.
SA business slammed for rights abuses
The SAHRC has for the first time exposed human rights violations across multiple local sectors.
The state is pushing the law to its limit
Ignoring court orders and firing officials is undermining the fight against crime, analysts say
Justice is so much more than just the law
There can be no dignity without access to the social rights enshrined in the Constitution
Savings reform gains momentum
Finance minister sets dates to resolve a key issue of concern and has reassured state employees.
A tireless fighter for human rights
A baptism of fire in the violent Eighties and Nineties – including two death threats – served as a spur instead of a deterrent to lawyer Moray Hathorn
Public service investigation crawls ahead
The first step in a massive project to reform the sector is only set to wrap up in December 2016
Mining a threat to holy caves
An Australian company plans to exploit the place of ancestors and healing at Madimatle Mountain.
Municipality impounding informal traders’ goods ‘unlawful’
The eThekwini municipality’s power to impound and confiscate the goods belonging to traders was found to be unconstitutional, invalid and unlawful.