Legal Articles and Guides
Poultry giant wins landmark service delivery order
Poultry giant Astral Foods has taken government, including National Treasury, to court and won a landmark order to secure better service delivery at municipal level in the Standerton area, where it has one of its biggest processing facilities, says a Moneyweb report.
Landlords: Can You Cut Electricity to Collect Arrears or Evict?
Landlords can be sorely tempted to force defaulting tenants to settle their arrears (or to vacate the premises altogether) with a bit of instant “self-help” by cutting electricity or water supplies, or perhaps by changing locks or disabling access codes.
Virtual justice and unequal Internet addressed
Judges and advocates put their heads together yesterday to address access to justice as SA courts move to virtual hearings at a time when many are struggling with unequal Internet access and high data costs.
Sperm donor dad seeking parental rights
A sperm donor, supported by his mother, is heading to the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) next week in the first part of their legal bid to have access to the child born to a couple with whom he entered a donorship agreement five years ago.
Settlement reached on access to Ivermectin
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) and various parties fighting for the use of Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 have reached a settlement on access to the drug, notes a News24 report.
Two-year target for cannabis 'master plan'
The possession and cultivation of cannabis for private use is expected to be passed into law in two years’ time, according to what a Moneyweb report terms a ‘master plan’.
People living illegally in upmarket home evicted
A street in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Dunkeld was lined with mattresses and scattered belongings as more than 50 people were evicted from a property that they say they had been occupying for more than 10 years.
Judge rules 'hurtful' foetus burial law unconstitutional
Would-be parents have been given the right to bury the remains of a foetus, if they so wish, the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has ruled.
Why the Zondo recusal battle has stalled
The State Capture Inquiry is yet to respond to Jacob Zuma's three-month-old legal bid to force Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's recusal because the former President went after Zondo in his personal rather than official capacity, notes legal writer Karyn Maughan in a News24 report.
Explain how expropriation will affect bonds
Both the government and the country’s financial institutions must make it clear to South Africans what will happen to mortgage bonds on properties expropriated under the Expropriation Bill, according to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
Why Zuma’s attacks could precipitate a constitutional crisis
Former President Jacob Zuma's latest statement in which he attacks the judiciary could precipitate a constitutional crisis, writes the Serjeant at the Bar columnist in an opinion piece on the News24 site.
Home Affairs trying to escape blame...
‘SA’s immigration and citizenship systems are about to change fundamentally,’ says immigration attorney Gary Eisenberg, founder of Eisenberg & Associates.
Labia Theatre ordered to show controversial film
Nine years after Cape Town’s Labia Theatre refused to lease its premises for the showing of what it termed a ‘highly controversial, pure propaganda, Israel bashing’ documentary, the independent cinema has been directed by the Equality Court to screen it.
Home Affairs ignored court order for two years
For two years, Home Affairs officials have successfully managed to dodge a court order to provide identity documents to a group of vulnerable, undocumented South African families in Sterkspruit and Aliwal North – but last week their luck ran out.
Judge dismisses police secret document appeal
National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sithole and two other SAPS senior officials have lost their application for leave to appeal against an earlier judgment regarding the declassification of documents.
