Neo Innocent Sewela, 30, knows that confidence is earned one opportunity at a time. As a director in the labour and employment practice at Werksmans Attorneys, one of South…
Dr Sithelo Magagula is proving that scholarship and legal practice need not exist in separate worlds. A director at Finger Attorneys, he works at the intersection of public…
For Sbonelo Thandolwenkosi Nkomo, 34, the law begins where the map often ends. Raised in a remote farming community in KwaZulu-Natal, he became the first person there to attend…
Dr Bryony Fox, 30, has built hers by asking difficult questions and embracing the uncertainty that comes with answering them. Recently appointed as a Constitutional Court law…
Rethabile Segone, 28, is asking what it should become. As a law researcher at the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Banking Law and an LLD candidate, he is exploring one of…
At 28, Lehlohonolo S. January works where the law finds its final voice. As a law researcher at the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, he operates behind the scenes of some…
The Western Cape High Court's decision to grant President Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict has ignited a polarising public debate, with some portraying it as an obstacle to…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has reinstated Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke, clearing him to return to office after a year-long suspension. An…
Explore the complex legal and ethical dilemmas when an AI-driven social robot causes harm, as seen through a thought experiment where an AI spouse 'kills'. South African criminal…
President Andry Rajoelina remains Malagasy, and he assumed the Southern African Development Community chair legitimately, as elected by his peers
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…
In defiance of a supreme court ruling, Uganda’s parliament under the National Resistance Movement’s President Yoweri Museveni has passed into law that civilians can be tried in…
The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa
Legal systems need to balance accountability, fairness and transparency with innovation
South African law needs to deal with the dangers of generative AI so we can safely take advantage of its benefits
The rise of hung councils has required amendments to the Municipal Structures Act to improve stability and governance
Cyber thefts attacking banks in ever new ways is a global problem that targets unsuspecting personal bank account holders
The unsettling reality of Biowatch principle neglect in lower courts imperils the constitutional integrity of South Africa
Religion is often the business plan of fraudsters who lie effortlessly to their congregants
Depending on the circumstances, ownership of a vicious dog may attract criminal and/or delictual liability
