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DA must navigate coalition politics rather than divide the GNU and South Africa
Thought Leader
/ 12 May 2025

DA must navigate coalition politics rather than divide the GNU and South Africa

The Democratic Alliance’s rush to court over debates it has lost such as employment equity is an abuse of the law

By David Maimela
Curatorship: A cause of or cure for conflict?
Thought Leader
/ 24 April 2025

Curatorship: A cause of or cure for conflict?

The court can step in and help protect the interests of vulnerable people like older people with conditions such as dementia.

By Wilmien van Biljon & Kaamilah Paulse
Trump could run for president from behind bars
Thought Leader
/ 8 August 2023

Trump could run for president from behind bars

The United States Constitution does not prevent him from contending the elections and the majority of Republicans continue to support him

By Imran Khalid
Zuma’s charges against Downer and Maughn to be heard in 2023
National
/ 10 October 2022

Zuma’s charges against Downer and Maughn to be heard in 2023

But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process

By Emsie Ferreira
Disgruntled members threaten to overturn results of Mpumalanga ANC conference, set to run over weekend
Politics
/ 30 March 2022

Disgruntled members threaten to overturn results of Mpumalanga ANC conference, set to run over weekend

Members have accused the ANC’s national working committee of punching above its weight when it dissolved the Mpumalanga provincial executive committee and installed a task team to take the province to its elective conference

By Lizeka Tandwa
Telkom continues with lawsuit despite spending more than R2-billion on spectrum
Business
/ 28 March 2022

Telkom continues with lawsuit despite spending more than R2-billion on spectrum

The telecoms company says the court’s findings may affect the recent spectrum auction and its outcome

By Anathi Madubela
Local elections: More than 800 ANC candidate disputes remain unresolved
Politics
/ 24 September 2021

Local elections: More than 800 ANC candidate disputes remain unresolved

Candidate court challenges loom for ANC

By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper
Fraser vs Nxele in court — again
Politics
/ 14 September 2021

Fraser vs Nxele in court — again

The suspended KZN prisons boss was barred from entering his office by armed security staff last week, at the behest of his national counterpart

By Paddy Harper
ANC’s Danny Msiza ordered to step aside or face suspension
Politics
/ 17 August 2021

ANC’s Danny Msiza ordered to step aside or face suspension

The party’s deputy secretary general said the step-aside resolution must be applied without deviation

By Lizeka Tandwa
IEC to ask the courts to postpone local elections
Politics
/ 23 July 2021

IEC to ask the courts to postpone local elections

The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa said the Moseneke inquiry found that the elections would not be free and fair if held in October

By Lizeka Tandwa
Forensic science: The danger of relying on a single piece of evidence
National
/ 14 December 2020

Forensic science: The danger of relying on a single piece of evidence

Is the evidence used to convict criminals always based on sufficient facts or data? Leletu Tonisi from the Wits Justice Project examines some of the flaws in the system

By Leletu Tonisi
‘No national matric rewrite’, says court
Education
/ 11 December 2020

‘No national matric rewrite’, says court

This follows an urgent application by individual learners and Sadtu, who wanted the court to set aside a decision by the department for a rewrite of two leaked matric exam papers

By Bongekile Macupe
Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services
National
/ 6 November 2020

Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services

Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers

By Sarah Smit
João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty
Opinion
/ 6 November 2020

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971

By Atilla Kisla
Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza: Liberating Africa from land of liberté
Africa
/ 25 October 2020

Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza: Liberating Africa from land of liberté

The cultural and political activist is on a quest to bring looted treasures back home

By Samira Sawlani
Access to counsel crucial for those facing capital punishment
Africa
/ 13 October 2020

Access to counsel crucial for those facing capital punishment

The deadly institution of the death penalty should be abolished. It undermines humanity and in places where adequate legal representation is inaccessible it is often unjustly applied

By Alice Mogwe
Profit vs pandemic: British American Tobacco’s Covid-19 stunt
Coronavirus
/ 19 May 2020

Profit vs pandemic: British American Tobacco’s Covid-19 stunt

The tyranny of the markets is evident, with the cigarette company exemplifying this through its bid to weaken the government’s measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus

By Mukovhe Morris Masutha
Summing up the legal battles fought for better schools
Article
/ 30 April 2020

Summing up the legal battles fought for better schools

We summarise the legal battles fought to improve the quality of education in South Africa.

By Franny Rabkin
Government rejects demand to ease the lockdown alcohol sales ban
Article
/ 17 April 2020

Government rejects demand to ease the lockdown alcohol sales ban

State says alcohol increases medical emergencies at a time when hospitals need to be ready ‘to receive and treat vast numbers of Covid-19 patients’

By Franny Rabkin
Gauteng Liquor traders threaten court action over lockdown alcohol ban
Article
/ 11 April 2020

Gauteng Liquor traders threaten court action over lockdown alcohol ban

A forum representing small liquor traders say the extension of the lockdown will ruin their businesses

By Franny Rabkin

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