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The DA and student organisation StudentePlein have taken their battle with Stellenbosch University to court over the institution's language policy, reports Polity.

National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole has been served with a notice of intention to suspend. It has been reported that this follows four years of vicious infighting within the SAPS and allegations of gross mismanagement, particularly with regards to the PPE debacle.

The HRC is gunning for Anthony Mathumba, a Makhado local municipality councillor, it alleges was the face behind the controversial ‘Tracy Zille’ Twitter account.

Private hospital groups Mediclinic and Life Healthcare have introduced Covid-19 vaccination policies for staff and service providers, joining a steadily growing number of JSE-listed companies that have followed the lead of life and health insurer Discovery.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world, an increasing number of businesses find themselves walking a tightrope between their obligations to, on the one hand, both protect the public and provide a safe and healthy workplace, and on the other hand to respect the individual constitutional rights of employees to make their own choices in matters of bodily and psychological integrity, religion, belief and opinion.

Foetuses which failed to survive past 26 weeks have in the past been effectively considered ‘medical waste’ under the Births and Deaths Registration Act and have, as a result, been incinerated.

The University of SA's (Unisa) decision in 2016 to adopt a new language policy and discontinue Afrikaans as a language of learning and teaching contravened the Constitution, rendering the decision invalid, the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday.

Eastern Cape attorney Andrew Masimila has been struck of the roll of attorneys for allegedly stealing most of a hefty Road Accident Fund payout to a client who lost the use of his legs in a car accident.

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha has ordered provincial DG Nape Nchabeleng to probe allegations of corruption against MEC for Sports, Art & Recreation Thandi Moraka.

Pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has confirmed an isolated incident of fraudulent vaccination cards being issued at its Krugersdorp President Square vaccination site.

'This is not only about getting our land back. What about the many years I worked from the age of 13 as a domestic worker at the white farmers’ house, cleaning the house, looking after their children, doing their laundry, and working in their garden for six months every year, mostly without pay unless the white farmer was in a good mood, and he would pay me R10 at the end of six months?’

The Western Cape High Court has struck the name of Brian Albertus Baumann, an attorney who defrauded clients of millions in Road Accident Fund (RAF) payouts, from the roll of attorneys, says a TimesLIVE report.

A fugitive sought by the UK for retrial over a raft of sex offence charges has won some relief at the Constitutional Court in his battle to stave off extradition.

If, as has been hinted by his mouthpiece and JG Zuma Foundation spokesperson, Mzwanele Manyi, former President Jacob Zuma refuses to allow NPA doctors to examine him, this could see him facing another contempt of court charge.

The EFF have filed criminal charges against the Human Rights Commission and the Commission for Gender Equality. A report in The Citizen notes EFF national chairperson Veronica Mente briefed police about the party’s complaint.