Law

Desperate message from senior judge shows court system is breaking down

No telephones, no internet, no wifi, no emails and not enough judges. This is reportedly the current situation at the Pretoria High Court

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Law | 9 October 2020

Court trashes corrupt Siyangena-PRASA contracts

Judges find company to be complicit in “impropriety and maladministration”

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Law | 9 October 2020

Scathing judgment against Department of Social Development

Imbumba Association for the Aged to be paid for care of elderly during lockdown

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Law | 2 October 2020

Former domestic worker to inherit Camps Bay guest house and Sea Point flat

Court finds Intestate Succession Act discriminates against unmarried life partners

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Law | 2 October 2020

Late judgments: Is the Cape High Court doing better?

Something troubling has shaken our confidence in the data

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Law | 1 October 2020

Groundbreaking court judgment on mining and community rights

Court rules that Xolobeni community should have received mining application before the right was granted

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Law | 22 September 2020

Tenacious editor wins battle for transparency

Magistrate hands down powerful judgment on the right to access information

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Law | 17 September 2020

What’s the limit for free speech? Concourt to hear Qwelane case

Civil society organisations have made court submissions on both sides of the debate

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Law | 15 September 2020

Understanding the groundbreaking Tafelberg judgment

218-page ruling orders the Province and the City to redress the legacy of spatial apartheid

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Law | 9 September 2020

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