Legal Articles and Guides
Construction of Bishopscourt houses gets underway
Some families who were forcibly removed from one of Cape Town’s most affluent suburbs under apartheid are a step closer to returning home, with construction of 86 restitution houses now under way in Bishopscourt, reports News24.
Madlanga commission
Setsiba attorneys have come to a reality that the Madlanga commission commission have climbed its way to higher south African big cases involving crime bosses and corruption, inside south Africa as a whole but point of corrections, in the Zondo commission inquiry featured Manana Setsiba, my sister and my uncle George Setsiba 's daughter and sibling to khupi Setsiba and undercover agent of South African federal Bureau agency.
Self-storage group accused of illegally auctioning property
A Bryanston businessman has accused storage landlord Stor-Age of taking the law into its own hands by auctioning off his property worth hundreds of thousands of rands after a protracted billing dispute.
Name change for Grahamstown 'final and settled'
The Department of Sport, Arts & Culture says that the 2018 name change of Grahamstown to Makhanda is final and settled, with the changes for Graaff-Reinet still being challenged.
DA challenges Expropriation Act in High Court
The Western Cape High Court will today begin to hear three separate constitutional challenges to the Expropriation Act, which is one of the main points of contention in the diplomatic standoff between SA and the US, reports News24.
NDPP won't oppose assisted dying ConCourt challenge
The NDPP will not oppose Dignity SA’s Constitutional Court challenge to decriminalise medically assisted dying, leaving the Health Minister and the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) to contest the case.
WC man fights for the right to die
Dieter Harck (76) who has been living with motor neurone disease since 2013 is battling for the right to die.
ConCourt to address two key cases this week
The Constitutional Court will today hear arguments in former Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma’s legal bid to have former Justice Sisi Khampepe recuse herself from the TRC inquiry... and it will deliver judgment in the rand-fixing saga tomorrow.
Didiza will not oppose interdict application
National Assembly SpeakerThoko Didiza will not oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa’s application to interdict the Impeachment Committee, despite a legal opinion from the state law adviser that says it is her legal duty to do so.
Controversial ‘influencer’ guilty of hate speech
Controversial traditional leader and ‘influencer’ Ngizwe Mchunu has been found guilty of hate speech, harassment and discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people by the Equality Court, sitting in Johannesburg.
Woman challenges pension rule in divorce
The Constitutional Court yesterday heard arguments in an application to have a section of the Divorce Act declared unconstitutional, which prevents spouses married out-of-community of property (without accrual) from claiming a share of each other’s pension interests at divorce, writes The Star.
ConCourt buckling under flood of frivolous lawsuits
Meritless litigation is flooding the Constitutional Court, leading to triple the workload since 2010 and triggering a severe backlog crisis. The findings were released by Freedom Under Law (FUL) yesterday.
ConCourt delivers ‘huge victory’ for practitioners
The Constitutional Court says government cannot force healthcare providers to apply for a certificate of need (CON) that controls where they can and cannot work, and what services they can provide.
ConCourt bars repeat asylum applications
The Constitutional Court has overturned a SCA ruling that allowed asylum seekers whose applications had been denied to reapply while remaining in the country.
Crisis talks after damning ConCourt ruling
The ANC is scrambling for ways to postpone or avert an impeachment process for President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal – and the DA, its biggest partner in the GNU, says it will not necessarily throw him a lifeline.
