Our courts reflect huge progress in relation to race since democracy, but tarry on gender.
Judges have a duty to review decisions not to prosecute – even in potentially contentious cases, writes Richard Calland.
Parliamentarians have approved an amendment to the Sexual Offences Act as a measure to prevent certain crimes becoming impossible to prosecute.
Some women in Limpopo’s Vhembe district say their traditional powers should be expanded, writes Kwanele Sosibo
The battle has shifted from the courtroom to the bottom line as attorneys fight to get their fees.
President Jacob Zuma is not the only world leader who has turned to the law in an effort to stifle criticism about himself, writes Fatima Asmal-Motala
Predictable reactions to attempts to improve the legal profession reveal members’ self-interest, writes Richard Calland.
The government’s obvious displeasure with the courts should not be a sufficient excuse to avoid debate on the appropriate scope for judicial activity.
Dysfunctional record-keeping keeps watchdog groups and the media in the dark.
The quiet town of Grahamstown could get even quieter if the proposed Superior Courts Bill gets through Parliament.
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/ 17 December 2010
The proposed Superior Courts Bill is a landmark piece of legislation that intends to ensure the administrative independence of all SA’s courts.
The Freedom Front Plus says Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu is creating "racial tension" with her comments that courts are racist.
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/ 28 October 2009
No explosives were found in the South Gauteng High Court, in Johannesburg, which was evacuated after a bomb scare on Wednesday.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe is set to return to work, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Monday.
Judges at a four-day judicial gathering in Pretoria have resolved to tackle court backlogs and delays.
Apartheid-era names for courts such as the High Court of Bophuthatswana ceased to exist last week, the Justice Department confirmed on Monday.
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/ 19 February 2009
The Scorpions will give their side in court on Thursday in police chief Jackie Selebi’s tussle over the right to secure documents for his trial.
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/ 27 January 2009
Judge Leona Theron will preside over ANC president Jacob Zuma’s court appearance in Pietermaritzburg next month, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Recent media reports that the South African judiciary is being undermined have no basis, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 14 January 2009
Lawyers for ANC president Jacob Zuma will approach the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against this week’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruling.
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/ 12 December 2008
A court on Friday dismissed with costs an application by the ANC to stop a breakaway group using the name Congress of the People.
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/ 28 November 2008
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/ 24 November 2008
A court on Monday reserved judgement in an application for amendments to the prosecuting policy on apartheid-era crimes to be suspended.
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/ 21 November 2008
A senior police officer claimed Commissioner Mzwandile Petros ordered a cover-up in Tony Yengeni’s drunken-driving arrest, a court was told on Friday.
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/ 21 November 2008
The ANC on Friday lodged a formal complaint with the Public Protector against acting prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe, the protector’s office said.
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/ 21 November 2008
The trial date of axed Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride was again postponed in the Pretoria Regional Court on Friday.
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/ 21 November 2008
The ANC still intends to pursue court action against Mosiuoa Lekota’s breakaway party for naming itself ”Congress of the People”.
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/ 20 November 2008
Jacob Zuma has nothing to do with an application to change the date of the appeal against the dismissal of his corruption charges, his lawyer says.
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/ 19 November 2008
VIP protection-unit members have a history of terrorising KZN motorists, magistrate Thys Taljaard told the Camperdown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
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/ 14 November 2008
A court has reserved judgement in appeals over its ruling on allegations made by Constitutional Court judges about Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 6 November 2008
An Australian court has ordered the retrial of two alleged drug traffickers because the judge in their original court case repeatedly fell asleep.
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/ 29 October 2008
The remaining seven accused in the Jeppestown massacre trial will hear their fate on Thursday.