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Male domination: People in Durban protest against gender-based violence.  (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

Rape law challenge driven by emotion, ego – justice ministry

The department is opposing a bid to declare unconstitutional the defence a rape accused can use — that they believed the victim had consented

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his wife, Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe, on their wedding day in 2015.   (Esa Alexander/Gallo Images/Sunday Times)

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’

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Masutha disputes Bloomberg Abrahams article

​The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services wants to set the record straight on Minister Michael Masutha’s quoted words in a Bloomberg article

UN human rights office in Angola to close

The United Nations will close its human rights office in Angola after the authorities there withdrew their cooperation, the office of the high commissioner said on Friday. Angola…

Zille accuses Public Protector of abuse of office

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille has accused the Public Protector of abusing his office for party political purposes in attacking DA MP Mike Waters. She declared that…

Zimbabwe spends trillions on new Parliament

The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has been allocated Z-trillion in the 2008 national budget for the construction of the new Parliament building, the Herald…

Thousands of Sudanese to return from Ethiopia in 2008

Close to 30 000 Southern Sudanese who fled the country’s 21-year north-south war are to return home from camps in neighbouring Ethiopia during 2008 as part of an agreement…

Call for better complaint mechanism for judges

The Ministry of Justice needs to speed up the formation of an appropriate complaints mechanism dealing with judges, the National Association of Democratic Lawyers said on…