Law

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

PRASA administrator acted “high-handedly” says court

Judge says Keabetswe “Kea” Mpane cannot be dismissed without due process

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Law | 10 June 2020

20 years later, Eastern Cape community wins right to its land

Supreme Court of Appeal upholds landmark decision

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Law | 10 June 2020

Judgment on Strandfontein camp case reserved

City of Cape Town and SAHRC dispute legal costs

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Law | 10 June 2020

Defamation case aims to censor activists, says Budlender

Case has begun in Cape High Court involving three environmental lawyers and three activists who were critical of mines in Xolobeni and Lutzville

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Law | 10 June 2020

R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

Defendants argue this is a ‘SLAPP’ suit

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Law | 8 June 2020

Zoom can be used to negotiate retrenchments

The Johannesburg labour court has ruled that labour negotiations can take place using video conferencing facilities

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Law | 5 June 2020

Court orders Reserve Bank to make apartheid records public

South African History Archive Trust wins important victory for access to information

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Law | 3 June 2020

Free State ordered to pay NPOs R120 million in outstanding subsidies

“If financial constraints were an issue, the respondents should have played open cards,” says judge

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Law | 26 May 2020

Court challenge to government’s “peanut butter sandwich ban”

Lockdown regulations stop or intimidate charities’ food handouts

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Law | 25 May 2020

Court victory for “invisible, undocumented children”

Fathers to be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent

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Law | 20 May 2020

Police must pay R96,000 in damages to gospel singer after warrantless search

“Evil act” perpetrated by police who have constitutional duty to protect society, says judge

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Law | 11 May 2020