COMMENT: To achieve a fair society, acting in the spirit of the late George Bizos is crucial, not just within the formal legal system, but within every individual
The majority of previously dispossessed people choose money over property, while land reform has become the preserve of the affluent. Is there another way to think about land reform?
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears people will be put out on the street when the lockdown ends
We summarise the legal battles fought to improve the quality of education in South Africa.
The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court
The Union of South Africa and the women struggle for visibility in the courts
Universities that faced the risk of losing their accreditation for the bachelor of laws qualification are off the hook
Triumphs in the courts over the past five years are forcing the state and companies to comply with the law.
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi and the broadcaster’s board disobeyed the public protector and the courts.
Currently, victims reporting a rape to police must not only demonstrate that they verbally declined sex but also that they physically resisted.
Debate has been raging over which regulations legal firms must adhere to when they collect their fees.
The attorneys for two primates being held in cages at Stony Brook University on Long Island in the US want them freed from medical experiments.
Awarding damages for cheating recalls an era when a man had ‘proprietary interests’ in his wife.
Progressive laws are helping to normalise the work environment, but there are signs that focus on yesterday’s issues is holding the future hostage.
Uganda’s government and the UN Refugee Agency have launched a pilot mobile court system to improve access to justice for victims of crimes.
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/ 23 October 2009
Clumsy intensity and toothless delicacy are equal and opposite errors in constitutional law. Law is, as Judge Albie Sachs says, ”congealed politics”.