Law

Rescue plan for the Master’s Office

Details are still sketchy and the plan will not be publicly circulated

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Law | 20 November 2023

Over 260 court judgments outstanding for more than six months

It is the highest number of late judgments since GroundUp started reporting the issue

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Law | 14 November 2023

Zimbabwe permit application dismissed: no need for it, say judges

Permit holders protected until at least June 2024

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Law | 7 November 2023

Constitutional Court is delivering judgments late

And its website is out-of-date and poorly maintained

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Law | 7 November 2023

Scathing court order against PRASA over passenger safety

The passenger rail agency has until end of November to report back on the status of a new tender process for security contracts

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Law | 6 November 2023

Concourt slaps Home Affairs minister with personal cost order

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights

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Law | 30 October 2023

Wits lawyers apply to join Ugandan court case on Anti-Homosexuality Act

Centre for Applied Legal Studies argues that the Ugandan Parliament violated its own rules of procedure to pass the law

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Law | 30 October 2023

Helen Suzman Foundation goes to court to “avert human catastrophe”

The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders

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Law | 27 October 2023

“Activist” ordered to remove defamatory social media posts

“Believing that one pursues a worthy cause in the public interest does not justify publishing false statements about another party”

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Law | 19 October 2023

#UniteBehind takes PRASA and transport minister to court

The organisation argues the state has a statutory and constitutional duty to devolve rail to the City of Cape Town

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Law | 11 October 2023

Dodgy Lottery lawyer loses bid to appeal

Court upholds ruling that Lesley Ramulifho’s conduct be investigated

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Law | 27 September 2023

Alarm raised over amendments to Road Accident Fund Act

Lawyers warn of “dire consequences” for South African road users

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Law | 22 September 2023

Victim of wrongful arrest gets R2.6-million from Minister of Police

Ntokozo Patrick Xulu spent 813 days behind bars

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Law | 19 September 2023

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

About 700,000 identity documents are blocked

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Law | 18 September 2023

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

Court rules that John Marite has no case against Special Investigating Unit

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Law | 12 September 2023

Woman “wrongly” sentenced to 16 years for drug dealing must be immediately released

Beaufort West magistrate committed a litany of errors in sentencing says High Court

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Law | 11 September 2023