Experts say sexual harassment remains pervasive in South Africa’s legal system, especially among candidate attorneys and court secretaries
Negligence of ‘birth keeper’ could have caused death of twins, who were stillborn.
Feminist activist groups still demand justice for human-right violations against women living with HIV
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
Many womxn who live and work on farms have suffered immensely during the Covid-19 lockdown
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an amicus curae in the case between the City of Cape Town and the SAHRC
Jacob Zuma’s wives are no doubt well advised, and seem to have no end of uncles, columnists and pundits counselling them and Zuma on whether they should marry Zuma and whether or not they are in fact married, given the status of negotiations. But there is one matter that seems to have escaped these women, writes Jennifer Williams