At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable…
By centring consent in the definition of rape, the law makes the survivor’s state of mind the battleground instead of focusing on the perpetrator’s actions, including their use…
The Johannesburg high court found the company’s product was at odds with the National Credit Act
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
Companies must be held accountable for their depredations before the next scramble for the continent under the guise of a green transition
The inclusion of intention in the definition of rape reintroduces the requirement that there should be physical evidence that the victim was overpowered
This is an edited version of the Inaugural Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture delivered at the Equal Education Law Centre
More legislation will not protect women when the police cannot, researchers say, following the proclamation of amendments to gender-based violence laws
More than 20 organisations, concerned individuals sign an open letter to Ministers Barbara Creecy and Ebrahim Patel calling for integrated assessment of coal-based mega-project
The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists
Companies must behave like model democratic citizens if they are to earn and retain society’s social licence to operate
Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits
An Australian mining company is suing three attorneys and activists for defamation. But the defendant’s attorneys argue that this a strategic lawsuit against public participation
Inspectorate finds serious overcrowding at ‘Sun City’ centre, putting inmates at risk of Covid-19
The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women
Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
The Sekhukhune district municipality does not have the money to provide water to all its residents
Female activists are at the forefront of claiming socioeconomic rights through the courts
CALS wants to "deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer"
There were small gains to be had by finding loopholes in the laws that bolstered apartheid
