Home Affairs rejects interpretation of ConCourt ruling

The Department of Home Affairs yesterday rejected ‘categorically false’ claims that a Constitutional Court judgment grants asylum seekers SA citizenship or provides blanket legal status to foreign nationals.

Madlanga commission

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Claimants still await homes 26 years later

Twenty-six years after their land claim was settled, about 2 000 beneficiaries of the West Bank Restitution Project in KuGompo City are still waiting for homes.

New code to govern estate access control

Estates, gated com­munit­ies and office parks face sweep­ing changes to secur­ity pro­ced­ures as the Inform­a­tion Reg­u­lator calls for access-con­trolled areas to col­lect min­imal vis­itor inform­a­tion and pro­tect pri­vacy.

Judge slams LHR’s role in homeless shelter eviction fight

The legal battle over the eviction of hundreds of people occupying the City of Tshwane-owned homeless shelter – the dilapidated Number 2 Struben Street building – is heading to the SCA, reports News24.

Damage cannot be undone, judge notes in ‘no-name’ case

A landmark courtroom battle over the controversial ‘no-name law’ – a provision that makes it a criminal offence to publish the identity of a person accused of a sexual offence before they have formally pleaded in court – began in the Western Cape High Court yesterday.

Father wins right to take son to US

The Western Cape High Court granted a father’s festive wish to travel to the US for two weeks with one of his two sons, despite the protests of the mother who feared her minor son would not return, reports The Mercury.

Concourt denies association direct leave to appeal

The Constitutional Court refused direct leave to appeal with costs in the case of SA Riding for the Disabled Association (Sarda) against a Land Court order regarding a 15-year Constantia land restitution claim by the Sadien family.

Zuma tax ruling a victory for accountability

The Information Regulator has ordered SARS to release former President Jacob Zuma’s tax records and has eviscerated the agency for its ‘soft approach’ to Zuma’s tax non-compliance.

WhatsApp settles SA court case

WhatsApp has settled its court case against the Information Regulator. MyBroadband reports that the case examined WhatsApp’s practices in forcing users to accept a new privacy policy to continue using the service.

Concern over Open Secrets gag order

Twenty-three civil society and media organisations have written to Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, expressing concern over a seemingly arbitrary gag order imposed on Open Secrets.

Transgender prisoner wins hormonal therapy fight

A transgender prisoner, serving life at Johannesburg Correction Centre, has won the legal right for state provided hormonal therapy, reports GroundUp.

Revealing HIV status not defamatory, judge rules

The question of whether disclosing another person’s HIV status publicly constitutes either defamation or breach of privacy came under the judicial spotlight, with a court declaring they are independent and distinct actions that must be pleaded separately.

Open Secrets hit with ‘draconian’ gag order

Open Secrets, an organisation which exposes economic crimes and human rights abuses, has been issued a prepublication gag order, reports GroundUp. This is according to a statement released by the organisation yesterday.

Schreiber to launch passport doorstep deliveries

The Department of Home Affairs will, for the first time, offer doorstep deliveries of passports starting next month, reports News24.

Concern over delay in providing Family Advocate's report

As SA faces a growing crisis of corruption and dysfunction within its policing system, concerns are being raised about similar patterns in the Office of the Family Advocate, reports The Star.

Law clinics under pressure from asylum seekers

Law clinics are overwhelmed with queries from asylum seekers blocked from accessing SA’s asylum system. Asylum seekers are required to apply for an asylum seeker’s permit (also known as a section 22 permit) in person at a Refugee Reception Office within five days of arriving in SA.

Date set for refugees' eviction hearing

An application to evict hundreds of refugees from emergency accommodation at Wingfield in Maitland and Paint City in Bellville, Cape Town has been set down for a hearing on 13 April 2026, reports GroundUp.

ConCourt to hear key sexual offences ‘consent’ case

The issue of ‘consent’ in sexual offences, including rape, will be in the spotlight in the Constitutional Court this week. According to GroundUp, the justices, hearing the arguments, have to grapple with how far to take the law when it comes to perpetrators alleging, they believed that the victims had said, or had indicated through their actions or inactions, that they were saying, ‘yes’.

Transgender prisoner files legal bid against state

A transgender inmate is hauling the Department of Correctional Services to court after she says she was misgendered, bullied and refused access to gender-affirming healthcare by officials at the Johannesburg Prison.