The lockdown has prevented public consultations and parliamentary committee meetings on the commercial use of marijuana and hemp
The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services
The defence minister said allegations in court papers that she had violated people’s rights had no basis in law
Even where the case is a strong one, direct access to the highest court is a route only in truly exceptional circumstances
Supporting the lockdown rules and holding the government to account is a delicate balancing act
The partner of Collins Khosa — allegedly killed by soldiers and police officers — says the army and police force have become a law unto themselves
Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly
Under a state of national disaster, some rights may be suspended. But it is critical to remember that the Constitution itself is not suspended
Engen will oppose the application by civil rights nonproft Right2Know to be a friend of the court in the precedent-setting case
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
Despite fears that backdated claims by domestic workers may cripple the beleaguered Compensation Fund, the labour department said it will honour its legal obligations
The aspirant prosecutors programme, on hold for years because of lack of funds, has started up again, creating a pool of future prosecutors
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
Justice Chris Jafta says Rica legislation is one of the ‘worst drafted’ laws he has ever seen
The Trespass and Riotous Assemblies Acts can criminalise innocent people
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law
Draft regulations do not allow for commercial cultivation or sale, but policy could change this
The former DA leader says his new political movement can bring change to South Africa
The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation
The past eight months were perhaps the most strange and unsettling in the country’s modern history. Reporting on it was tough, but I persevered— and so does Malawi
The case between the president and Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also drawn in the national director of public prosecutions and the Financial Intelligence Centre
An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to court
It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders
But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath accuses Hlophe of attempting to influence her to allocate the case to judges he perceived as ‘favourably disposed’ to former president Jacob Zuma
Now these important policy developments must be implemented
Private wills — as opposed to charitable trusts — are considered sacrosanct, not only in South Africa but the world over. As long as a person is of “sound mind” and not financially responsible for any minor children, they are legally entitled to pass on their assets to whoever they please and can disinherit on […]
The main judgment of acting judge Rammaka Mathopo starkly exposes the irrationality, rooted in patriarchy
Even a person who has not ‘instrumentally’ been involved can now be tried for the crime
A key negotiator was gunned down minutes after attending talks with Premier
The court found that the law’s unequal treatment of child accused and child witnesses as well as child victims was unconstitutional.
The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that SA’s courts should stop filling them up