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Usindiso fire victims want the City of Johannesburg to compensate them
The commission of inquiry into the fire that killed 77 people in August has found the city guilty of negligence This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…
Preview: JSC to hold hearings with candidates for key judicial posts
During the hearings from Monday to Wednesday, the Judicial Service Commission will be hoping to fill the last remaining vacancy on the constitutional court
Stellenbosch must tackle overprivileged indifference to become more inclusive
Stellenbosch University’s future success requires white people within its wider community to articulate anti-racism as a genuine political position.
Hlophe loses high court bid to overturn misconduct finding
The high court said Western Cape judge president’s arguments were either not sustainable or worthy of a review application and held that the Judicial Service Commission’s…
Vaccine conundrums to keep one up at night
Why do religious leaders feel no compunction to harm their followers, when they could ‘pray for the destruction of a satanic vaccine’ instead?
Zondo thanks retiring Justices Khampepe and Jafta for their service
After 12 years serving at the apex court, Sisi Khampepe and Chris Jafta have retired from office
Scrutiny and robust debate are healthy for our courts
Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for…
Editorial: Despite Zuma saga, the law will prevail
We must hold faith that law will prevail
Zuma reverts to attacking Constitutional Court bench after rescission denial
The former president reiterates that he is a political prisoner as he resumes the attacks that contributed to his prison sentence for contempt
Zuma’s rescission application dismissed with costs
Former president Jacob Zuma fails to meet requirements in his application to set aside his contempt order and prison sentence
‘My sister is mistaken’ and other responses to dissent in Zuma contempt case
In what may prove to be a first in our legal history, the constitutional court on 12 July heard an application for the rescission of an earlier judgment delivered on 29 June.
All the president’s women
It was the women in Jacob Zuma’s life who threw the former South African president’s character flaws into sharpest relief. And it was women who ultimately brought him down
Hatred of women thrives in South Africa
Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior
Zuma will not get any special treatment while in prison, says Lamola
The former president’s prison security will be handled by correctional services and there will not be given bodyguards or special security
Zuma’s response to woman judge an ‘illustration of textbook misogyny’
The former president was admonished by a male judge during his trial for rape and responded meekly