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Circumcision has been shown in large clinical trials to be effective at reducing the risk of HIV transmission. But devices need to be thoroughly tested for safety before they are used. Photo of a scalpal: Wikimedia user Rickyblax (CC BY-SA 4.0)

KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concerns

The safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned

Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge. (Office of the Chief Justice/ S Lioners)

In closing arguments, lawyer for judge Selby Mbenenge’s accuser says evidence clearly showed sexual harassment

Advocate Nasreen Rajab-Budlender said the case will probably determine whether other women with legitimate claims will come forward, but the tribunal chair disagreed

The High Court has overturned a Home Affairs official’s decision to reject the asylum application of a man who fled his home country after he was imprisoned for homosexuality. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Judge slams home affairs department for ‘unintelligible, illogical babble’ in gay case

An immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was jailed solely for homosexuality in his home country

Judge Nana Makhubele could face impeachment after a Judicial Conduct Tribunal found her guilty of misconduct. (Archive photo: Masego Mafata)

Judge Nana Makhubele found guilty of gross misconduct by judicial tribunal

The tribunal also found her conduct as the chair of PRASA’s interim board to be equally unethical

Nandipha Magudumana at the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court in August 2023. (Archive photo: Becker Semela)

Nandipha Magudumana to appeal her extradition on Thursday

She will argue in the Supreme Court of Appeal that her constitutional rights were violated through her ‘forced return’ to South Africa

The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations.  Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?

CCMA finds dismissal of cancer survivor lawful

Bloemfontein High Court Judge Ilsa van Rhyn directed Netcare to pay Tilana Alida Louw R300,000 for damages, past and future medical expenses, and to pay part of her costs on a punitive scale.

Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against abusive surgeon

Tilana Alida Louw said Dr Stephen Paul Grobler had verbally abused her, hurled profanities, insults, and used blasphemy, in front of other staff and patients

Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Court orders suspended Lotto secretary to pay punitive costs

Johannesburg High Court Judge Stuart Wilson said that as an advocate, who had drafted her own papers, Nompumelelo Nene should have known better

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi is appearing before a judicial tribunal for delivering  very late judgments. Image: Lisa Nelson

Judge ‘grossly misconducted herself’ says Mlambo

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi delivered over 20 judgments late

ConCourt reserves judgment in ANC Free State case

Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Provisions in the Refugees Act introduced in January 2020 struck down for violating a number of fundamental rights

Influence: Several political parties have voiced concern about overreach and lack of accountability in the judiciary. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

ConCourt accused of taking too long to rule on crucial election case

The 2024 election will be the first time independent candidates will be allowed to run for office

A view of a burnt building at an industrial area after the resistance groups in Gaza fire rockets in response to Israeli airstrikes at in Sderot, Israel on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

African states urged to lobby ICC on Gaza

The call has been endorsed by dozens of organisations and individuals across the continent

File photo by ER Lombard/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Home Affairs in court for ‘blocking’ identity documents

Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to an “arbitrary” ID blocking practice by Home Affairs

Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Government must intervene in Intercape bus attacks

In his ruling handed down this week, Judge Smith said the action plan was “woefully inadequate”, demonstrated by the ongoing attacks on buses

Cape Town taxi agreement made an order of court

The High Court also dismissed SANTACO’s interdict application

Health department must hand over Covid vaccine contracts

The Health Justice Initiative wants to assess the legality and cost-effectiveness of the pandemic rollout

Court ruling means pharmacists can prescribe to people with HIV

The judge said the need to widen access to first line ART and TPT therapy on a community level was a dire need

There are nearly 180 000 Zimbabweans in SA with ZEPs who are facing an uncertain future. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid

The ZEP is extended until the end of June 2024

Labour court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer

The court overturned the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ruling that Paul Mpele had been unfairly dismissed

Africa’s migration challenge cannot be resolved through enforcement alone. Nor can it be addressed through abstract continental declarations disconnected from implementation realities.

Supreme court of appeal ruling allows lost citizens back

Since 1995, South Africans who gained citizenship of another country lost their local one, but the court said home affairs had given no legitimate purpose for this