Law

Online petition on evicting domestic abusers got court ruling wrong

Judges emphasise that procedural fairness must be upheld

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Law | 4 September 2020

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Supply of electricity is intertwined with the right to dignity, life and housing, says judge

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Law | 2 September 2020

SAHRC, EFF battle City of Cape Town over lockdown demolitions

Justices Allie and Meer reserve judgment

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Law | 22 August 2020

Concourt efficiency is declining

Average time for judgment takes over six months now compared to less than four months in 2017

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Law | 17 August 2020

Still no water in Limpopo villages after five court orders

Villages in Flag Boshielo West, Limpopo, have almost no access to water

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Law | 5 August 2020

Eight provincial ministers miss court deadline for school feeding scheme reports

Nutritional needs of millions of children at stake

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Law | 4 August 2020

Criminalising cannabis use by children is unconstitutional, court rules

Court hears children are languishing for months in detention for trivial offences

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Law | 3 August 2020

Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship

Constitutional Court says that Home Affairs conduct is “brazenly incompetent”, intransigent, indifferent and inefficient

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Law | 24 July 2020

GroundUp wins lottery court battle

Attempt to force us to stop publishing details of grants abandoned

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Law | 21 July 2020

Court finds that government failed to feed children

Education ministers must immediately roll out National Schools Nutrition Programme

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Law | 17 July 2020

Courts thwart king’s attempt to control land

Instead R1 billion worth of restituted land will be held by community property associations, which is what its claimants want

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Law | 17 July 2020

Judge rebukes Cape Town refugee centre

DRC asylum seeker was not given adequate reasons for refusal of application

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Law | 8 July 2020

Court order means millions of children can return to pre-school centres

Judge has harsh words for ministers Lindiwe Zulu and Angie Motshekga

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Law | 6 July 2020

Amended law will improve transparency of political party funding

Parties have to publicly disclose their financial backers

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Law | 15 June 2020

Motshekga taken to court for “backtracked” promise to reinstate feeding programme

In some households it’s a choice between buying food or the data needed to study online

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Law | 14 June 2020