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Dan Mafora is a lawyer based in Johannesburg. He is interested in constitutional law and theory and rule of law issues. He has dabbled in corporate law but now freelances.
It has been introduced to deal with the huge backlog of civil trials, but could mean thousands of litigants are denied the right to be heard by a court in a fair public hearing.
‘Nil compensation’ in the Expropriation Act is a legally and constitutionally sound tool that parliament has chosen to use to achieve legitimate governmental ends
Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s characterisation of the constitution and the law of contract as being ideologically at odds is inaccurate
In what may prove to be a first in our legal history, the constitutional court on 12 July heard an application for the rescission of an earlier judgment delivered on 29 June.
The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority
Running to Braamfontein every time Zuma breaks the law is surely not the way to go.
