Legal Articles and Guides
Counter-spoliation debate dominates land invasion case
The rights of evicted people and legitimate means to repel land invasions dominated the recommencing of an application by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the EFF against the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape High Court.
CCMA being run from Internet café
The R500m budget cut at the CCMA has plunged the statutory body into crisis, says a Business Day report. The Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) has claimed the budget cuts have decreased the CCMA’s capacity to deliver basic services.
Absent father denied share of son’s R15m estate
A father’s renewed bid to share in the R15m left behind by his late son whom he had not seen since the child was six months old has been turned down by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), says a Pretoria News report.
Priest slams church for protecting her rapist
‘It’s okay to speak out against gender-based violence, unless the perpetrator is a bishop,’ said the Reverend June Dolley-Major.
Judgment on sale of prime city property reserved
Judgment in the case of the controversial sale of a piece of prime property in Sea Point, Cape Town, has been reserved until the second quarter of the year.
Murder conviction set aside on technicality after eight years
A man who has been in jail for more than eight years after being convicted of murder has had his conviction and sentence set aside by the SCA.
Motor-neuron disease patient argues for right to die
In spite of a lot of literature being available online about self-administered suicide, Diethelm Harck (71), who suffers from motor-neuron disease, is adamant that when the time comes and he chooses to go this route, he wants a doctor to administer a lethal dose which would kill him.
Court dismisses prisoner's bid for conjugal rights visits
Boeremag member Dr Wilhelm Pretorius has failed to get monthly three-hour conjugal visits with his wife. Pretorius (41) is being held at the Zonderwater correctional facility in Tshwane, where he has been imprisoned since July 2014.
A ray of hope for Traditional Courts Bill?
Parliament is rushing to finalise a version of the Traditional Courts Bill that continues to entrench a top-down, undemocratic approach to customary law.
Australian paedophile to remain in SA jail
A paedophile who abused eight Cape Town children after fleeing justice in his native Australia has lost the latest round of his battle to avoid extradition.
Government urged to act on Vaal River pollution
The SA Human Rights Commission has given various government stakeholders 60 days to respond after it ruled that the continued flow of raw sewage into the Vaal River, as well as homes and public areas in the Emfuleni local municipality, was a violation of human rights, reports News24.
Intestate Succession Act discriminatory, ConCourt told
Because a formal marriage ceremony is not concluded, individuals in life partnerships do not benefit from laws that apply to married people.
Another ruling against delinquent director Myeni
Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni has been dealt yet another blow in her attempts to halt the implementation of a ruling from 2020 which found her to be a delinquent director.
Doctors in urgent bid to access Ivermectin
A group of 55 South African doctors and medical practitioners has launched an urgent court application seeking wide-ranging orders to enable them to personally use and prescribe Ivermectin to their patients, reports TimesLIVE.
Gigaba's wife's arrest ruled unlawful
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has ruled that the warrant of arrest for Norma Mngoma and its execution by the Hawks was unlawful.
