Legal Articles and Guides
Widow wins bid to get information on fatal plane crash
The widow of a pilot who unsuccessfully tried to obtain information on the crash that led to his death has been granted access to the information by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria).
How Cape Town plans to avoid implementing Aarto
The controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act with its points demerit system will take effect on 1 July 2024, Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has confirmed.
Taxi operators to meet over Cape Town violence
Amid claims of a possible mass taxi stay away, Cape Town taxi officials said a meeting has been scheduled for today following violent clashes between taxi operators, law enforcement officers and police this week.
Legal bid to prevent Zuma’s rearrest
Justice & Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola and his police counterpart Bheki Cele are facing legal action in a bid to stop the possible rearrest of former President Jacob Zuma.
Zuma faces new prison deadline
Former President Jacob Zuma has less than 10 days to make submissions to National Commissioner for Correctional Services Makgothi Samuel Thobakgale as to why he should not return to prison to serve out the rest of his 15-month sentence.
ANC to blame for rot
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has admitted his organisation is partly to blame for the deep-seated rot in local government, saying the unqualified people it deployed to run municipalities often ended up dabbling in fraud and corruption.
Judge suspends father's parental rights
A Johannesburg father has been barred from seeing his eight-year-old son for three months after experts found his bad-mouthing and undermining of the mother amounted to parental alienation.
Sign language officially recognised
Sign language yesterday became the 12th officially recognised language in SA after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill during a ceremony at the Union Buildings.
High Court upholds HRC's eviction findings
Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela) Acting Judge Johannes Roelofse has affirmed findings by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) that the conduct of the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (Mega) contributed to the illegal removal of a man from his home.
Why Zuma should go back to prison
The Constitutional Court’s decision not to consider an appeal by the National Commissioner of Correctional Services in Jacob Zuma’s parole matter means that Zuma must now go back to prison to serve the remaining part of his 15-month sentence, subject to his early release on either parole or on any other ground provided for in the law.
Coach wins right to trade against swimming school
Western Cape High Court Judge James Lekhuleni has ruled that a restraint of trade provision with the sole aim of stifling competition is against public policy and is unenforceable.
Moti Group gears for amaBhungane challenge
The Moti Group has warned the fight to stop the amaBhungane investigative journalism unit from publishing stories, using the company’s leaked documents, is far from over.
Unwed parents have access to Family Advocate – ConCourt
The Mediation of Certain Divorces Matters Act – which does not give unmarried parents the same access to the Family Advocate as married ones – has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
EFF slams SCA ruling on ‘apartheid draconian laws'
The EFF has slammed the SCA’s upholding of a Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) decision prohibiting the party from instigating land occupation, describing it as ‘regressive’.
Media groups caution against ‘weaponisation’ of courts
Freedom of expression organisations have labelled court action by the Moti Group against amaBhungane investigations agency as tantamount to a SLAPP suit, reports GroundUp.
