Law

What does the Constitutional Court’s judgment on protests mean?

The ruling will help people hold peaceful protests without fear of getting criminal records

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Law | 20 November 2018

Concourt judgment affirms right to protest without permission

Ten Social Justice Coalition members who chained themselves to Cape Town civic centre will not have criminal records

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Law | 19 November 2018

Six years later Constitutional Court orders Woolies to reinstate retrenched workers

Woolworths should have considered alternatives, says country’s highest court

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Law | 12 November 2018

Court overturns state’s approval of controversial coal mine

Punitive costs award against state

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Law | 8 November 2018

Rwandan man faces death if he is deported from South Africa

The Constitutional Court is deciding if Alex Ruta can seek asylum

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Law | 2 November 2018

Court stops divorced women from facing destitution

Holomisa vs Holomisa is a victory for women living in the Transkei

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Law | 1 November 2018

Equality Court makes it clear: No racism is acceptable

Velaphi Khumalo asked South Africa to be cleansed of whites, like Hitler did to Jews

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Law | 8 October 2018

Banks are clogging up the justice system, says court

Pretoria High Court orders banks to use magistrates’ courts when acting against debtors

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Law | 4 October 2018

Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts

Pretoria High Court finds that access to justice is denied by dragging cases into high courts

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Law | 3 October 2018

Important victory for smaller trade unions

Court rules on organisational rights of minority unions

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Law | 18 September 2018

Constitutional Court rules to protect workers hired by labour brokers

Long controversy over employment conditions settled

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Law | 18 September 2018

Gauteng court rules against cheap bank repossessions

Judgment is a victory for Johannesburg homeowners, and possibly homeowners across the country

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Law | 13 September 2018

Understanding the Muslim marriages judgment

Despite fierce opposition, the Cape High Court has compelled government to introduce legislation that recognises Muslim marriages

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Law | 10 September 2018

Bathabile Dlamini off-the-hook for court costs - for now

Delays could have been avoided by Dlamini and former CEO Pearl Bhengu but their conduct was not “in bad faith or grossly negligent”

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Law | 30 August 2018

High Court rules children born in South Africa can be registered, regardless of their parents’ legal status

There are serious consequences for children’s rights if their births are not registered

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Law | 28 August 2018

Court to decide how to handle home repossessions

Activist group wants judges to be able to waive reserve prices only in exceptional circumstances

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Law | 16 August 2018