Legal Articles and Guides
Silicosis claimants paid R320m
It’s been a decade since gold miners afflicted by the lung disease silicosis first launched a class action suit seeking compensation from 30 gold mining companies on the grounds that the mines did little to protect their safety.
Decuplets story removed from awards shortlist
Independent Media's Baby Trade docuseries has been axed as a finalist for a global journalism award.
Court threat over ‘permanent State of Disaster’
Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, yesterday warned government could declare a State of Disaster again should Covid-19 infections spiral.
What Can You Do When Someone Close to You Has No Control Over Their Spending?
What can you do when someone you know (often but not always an elderly relative and/or someone with a gambling, drug or drink problem) starts squandering their money and property irresponsibly and recklessly? Note that we are talking here not about a mentally ill person but about someone “of sound mind but unsound habits”.
Medical negligence claim must start afresh
A single mother caring for a severely disabled child has been left high and dry after a court overturned a previous order that the MEC for Health in the Eastern Cape must pay her R37m in damages for medical negligence.
Ramaphosa spells out easing of lockdown regulations
Two years after announcing a hard lockdown that saw SA effectively cut off from the rest of the world, President Cyril Ramaphosa last night announced that Cabinet intends to lift the State of Disaster ‘as soon as public comment on the regulations published by the Minister of Health have been completed’.
Ruling a ‘game-changer’ for insurance underwriting
KGA Life Limited, a funeral insurance underwriter specialising in group schemes, has lost yet another Western Cape High Court case involving a financial services provider.
Judge sets guidelines for surrogacy agreements
A Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) judgment has set new guidelines for courts to take into consideration before granting surrogacy agreements.
Children's criminal culpability raised to 12 years
Parliament is set to approve regulations that would allow the raising of children's criminal liability from 10 to 12 years.
'Need for caution' over ending State of Disaster
Government's plan to end the State of Disaster is being hampered by concern over, among others, the suspension of alcohol bans and curfews should there be another wave of Covid-19 infections.
RAF experts turn to Zondo over non-payment
Medical professionals contracted to provide expert opinions in Road Accident Fund (RAF) court hearings have asked Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to withdraw those not yet used, in retaliation for RAF failures to pay, as well as ‘penalties’ levied by the RAF to reduce the amounts owed.
Rhodes wins first battle against anti-vaxxers
Rhodes University will proceed with its Covid-19 mandatory vaccine requirement for all staff, students and visitors to its campus after an urgent Eastern Cape High Court (Makhanda) application to interdict its implementation was struck off the court roll.
Commission finds cost of breast cancer drug inflated
More than 10 000 breast cancer patients were unable to receive treatment because of excessive prices charged by health multinational Roche. This is according to the Competition Commission, which has filed a referral to prosecute the Swiss firm.
Public mask-wearing still compulsory
Wearing a mask in public is still mandatory under level one lockdown regulations, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday.
Bid to stop jab mandates dismissed
An urgent application by trade union Solidarity challenging a Pretoria-based company’s policy on mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations was struck off the Labour Court roll in Johannesburg yesterday.
