Legal Articles and Guides
Panel to probe UCT abuse of power allegations
After a marathon, conflict-ridden meeting of eight hours, the UCT's council finally approved the appointment of an independent panel to investigate allegations of misconduct and abuse of power against its vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, and council chair Babalwa Ngonyama.
Lawsuit over rejected homeschooling applications
Three KZN families are taking the provincial Education Department to court over the rejection of their applications to register four of their children for online home-schooling, reports the Sunday Times.
University did not violate language policy
Stellenbosch University (SU) has welcomed a Western Cape High Court judgment which declared that the university did not violate its language policy.
Rates reprieve for Johannesburg schools
The City of Johannesburg has offered to recalculate bills of hundreds of schools hit with hefty rates bills for July. At the end of July, 741 private schools and 921 public schools faced massive rates hikes as the new financial year saw the amended Municipal Property Rates Act come into effect.
Lesufi says he didn't seek return of corporal punishment
The use of corporal punishment has far-reaching effects and can cause mental and physical harm to children as well as short and long-term aggression and anti-social behaviour in pupils, even as they mature.
Sexually assaulted former pupil seeks R1.6m damages
A pupil who was sexually assaulted by an acting principal at the age of 12 is claiming R1.6m in damages from him and the Western Cape Education Department, says a Sunday Times report.
Teacher removed after anti-coloured rant
A Gauteng teacher has been removed from Fred Norman Secondary School in Ennerdale after an altercation with a pupil's grandparent.
Stellenbosch student's family to appeal expulsion
The family of Theuns du Toit is planning to appeal the decision to expel him from Stellenbosch University (SU) following the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings against him, reports News24.
Stellenbosch University student expelled
The Stellenbosch University student who was filmed urinating on a fellow student’s belongings, has been expelled. Theuns du Toit was found guilty of violating several clauses of the disciplinary code.
Hearing on urinating incident completed
The disciplinary hearing of Theuns du Toit, who urinated on a fellow Stellenbosch University student's belongings, wrapped up yesterday, reports News24.
'Urinating’ victim unhappy with disciplinary panel
Babalo Ndwayana – the Stellenbosch University student who had his property urinated on – walked out of the disciplinary hearing of the perpetrator, Theuns du Toit yesterday, reports News24.
Rhodes’ anti-vax group withdraws legal fight
An organisation that resorted to court in a bid to have Rhodes University’s Covid-19 mandatory vaccine requirement set aside has thrown in the towel.
‘Respected judge’ to probe Stellenbosch race row
Stellenbosch University will appoint a respected Judge to investigate the university’s campus culture, the rector of the university announced yesterday.
'Insensitive' tweet about alleged UCT rape retracted
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has retracted a comment she tweeted in reaction to a student’s complaint that the institution had failed to suspend a lecturer she accused of sexual assault.
Cameron ‘ashamed’ over Stellenbosch urinating incident
Stellenbosch University Chancellor and former Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron said he was ashamed when the institution made headlines this week after a student urinated on the personal belongings of a fellow student.
