Legal Articles and Guides
Cape Town under pressure to develop land parcels
Pressure is mounting on the City of Cape Town to develop 11 parcels of land for affordable housing, reports News24. Housing activists are accusing the city of delaying the delivery of affordable housing.
Has Stalingrad three begun?
The committee constituted to inquire into whether the impeachment of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is justified has heard just two of the 24 witnesses slated to provide testimony. Advocate Dali Mpofu SC has suggested that the work of the committee will extend way beyond September.
Bank to re-employ unvaccinated staff
Standard Bank wants to re-hire staff it fired for refusing to comply with its now scrapped mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy, a workplace health and safety regime it repealed last week after union threats to challenge the policy in court.
Judge slams unlawful demolition of shacks
The Stellenbosch Municipality has been ordered to return building materials to the owners of an informal structure after the Western Cape High Court found the demolition of the structure, in Lanquedoc, unlawful.
Legal threat against housing agency
Residents of Chatsworth outside Cape Town say they plan to take the Housing Development Agency (HDA) to court for failing to keep a promise to build them houses, reports GroundUp.
Popia concern over publication of matric results
The Information Regulator says unless the Department of Basic Education gets parental consent, they will not be able to publish matric results, reports News24.
ConCourt rules digital migration process ‘unlawful’
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the process followed by Communications & Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni to determine the deadline for SA’s switch from analogue to digital television signal, was unlawful and unconstitutional.
ConCourt upholds recognition of Muslim marriages
The Constitutional Court yesterday confirmed a SCA ruling, which legally recognises Muslim marriages, and declares certain sections of the Marriage Act and Divorce Act unconstitutional, reports News24.
Nearly 7 000 old claims outstanding
The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights is saddled with nearly 7 000 outstanding land claims that are yet to be finalised, dating back to the 1998 deadline for the submission of claims.
Ruling has ‘serious implications’ for NHI
The Department of Health’s ambitions for controlling where doctors work have been dealt a huge blow by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), after it declared the National Health Act’s provisions for issuing health establishments with a ‘certificate of need’ unconstitutional and invalid.
Public Protector demands suspension reversal
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding the immediate reversal of her suspension, reports TimesLIVE.
Father plans to take custody battle to SCA
A man whose lengthy legal battle to get custody of his six-year-old daughter hit another snag when it was dismissed in the Limpopo High Court (Polokwane) recently is set to lodge an appeal in the SCA.
Spousal visa rules unconstitutional
A judgment by Western Cape High Court Judge Mark Sher means that foreigners who are parents and caregivers of SA children will be allowed to remain in the country after their relationships with their SA spouses come to an end.
Four ‘humiliated’ employees claim R2m damages
After failing to have their manager at a popular Gqeberha decor and arts store convicted of crimen injuria, four former employees have gone the civil route, claiming a collective R2m in damages, reports HeraldLIVE.
Ryanair stands by Afrikaans test
Low-cost carrier Ryanair will continue requiring South African passengers to take an Afrikaans test to enter the UK, despite being accused of ‘backward profiling’, the company has said in a statement to the BBC.
