The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights…
The Economic Freedom Fighters insist on the use of the struggle song as a rallying cry ahead of the polls
The Copyright Amendment Bill has been passed by the National Assembly but is still awaiting the signature of the president
South Africa is a terrifyingly violent country, but giving the police licence to kill can only make things worse
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
The attack by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on judges as enslaved to a colonial mentally placed the acting head of the judiciary in an impossible position, fraught with politics, legal…
The chief justice we didn’t know we needed protected the independence of the judiciary through dark days but leaves an ambivalent legacy
The stage is set for a high court trial that should provide clarity on sections of the Equality Act.
Following xenophobic comments about foreign nationals last year, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been accused of hate speech.
On Tuesday the Presidency issued a statement saying the Concourt did not find that President Jacob Zuma broke his oath of office. Experts disagree.
Constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos said on Thursday that the Con Court’s Nkandla ruling showed that the president’s breach was a personal one.
The top commentators in South Africa talk about their influence or lack thereof.
Government announced that it is going to assess the transformation of the judiciary, including the judgments of the Constitutional Court.
The claim that international precedent does not show a need for a public interest clause in the secrecy Bill has been challenged by legal experts.
News that Mac Maharaj’s attorneys laid charges against the <i>M&G</i> and two of its journalists comes as a surprise, writes <b>Pierre de Vos</b>.
The ANC will appeal the decision to ban the singing of <em>Dubhula I’bunu</em> or "shoot the boer" in a ruling slammed by advocates of free speech.
Does anyone remember a time when lawyers occupied an affectionate place in the heart of society, rather than their more recent bleak outhouse?
Many of SA’s elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
In recent years the Ministerial Handbook has been held up as putting an official stamp on the spending habits of ministers.
The president’s office has taken time to slap down a constitutional law professor who called President Jacob Zuma ‘a gangster’.
