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Discriminatory rape law to be challenged in the Constitutional Court

By centring consent in the definition of rape, the law makes the survivor’s state of mind the battleground instead of focusing on the perpetrator’s actions, including their use…

  • Sheena Swemmer
6 min read
Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act
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Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act

The applicants asked for the definition of consent in the Act to be declared unconstitutional

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read
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Court finds prepaid water meters unconstitutional

Forcibly installing prepayment water meters was ruled to be unconstitutional by the Johannesburg High Court, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Cals) said on Wednesday. Stuart…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read