Gervais Ndirakobuca is under international sanctions for human rights violations — abductions, disappearances, murder, turture — when people protested against the president seeking a third term
Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?
What could be a landmark case seeking recognition for a woman’s right to inheritance and maintenance in the event of her partner’s death, is currently being adjudicated
We can only conclude that he ‘willingly and knowingly lent his personal credibility — and that of his office — to a white-washing of Israeli crimes’
Expectations that the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on independent candidates may give the majority of voters a stronger voice are premature and largely unwarranted
In implementing the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling, legislators will need to rethink the closed list system
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common
International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise
The Democratic Alliance’s court case is about much more than an esoteric question of constitutional law
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