Legal Articles and Guides
Ambulances, RAF impasse affects crash scenes
Injured motor vehicle accident victims are having to wait up to an hour for an ambulance as private ambulances are refusing to attend to crash scenes as their battle over non-payments with the Road Accident Fund (RAF) remain unresolved.
Ramaphosa 'approved Zuma medical parole'
Two unnamed City Press sources have claimed what many others have already suggested must have happened – that President Cyril Ramaphosa gave Correctional Services boss Arthur Fraser the green light to authorise the release of former President Jacob Zuma from prison.
Freeing Zuma nothing to do with me
The Minister of Justice & Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, has distanced himself from the recently granted medical parole of former President Jacob Zuma, saying he was not involved, notes a Cape Times report.
Life Esidimeni 'architects' still haven't faced the music
Covid-19 restrictions as well as the unavailability of witnesses and documents are some of the excuses that professional health bodies have put forward for why disciplinary hearings against officials implicated in the Life Esidimeni tragedy have still not commenced, says a News24 report.
Fraser admits: I overruled medical board
Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser has admitted he overruled a recommendation that former President Jacob Zuma should not be released on medical parole.
Zuma given medical parole by his former spy boss
Without having spent any time in a cell, former President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole, approved by his associate and former spy boss, Arthur Fraser.
Discovery gets legal backing for compulsory staff jabs
Discovery has become the first high-profile company to implement compulsory Covid-19 vaccines for its 12 950 employees, according to a Beeld report.
Vaccination card plan soon
The vaccination card, which the government doesn’t want referred to as a vaccination passport, will not deprive people of their basic human rights, Health Minister Joe Phaahla reportedly told News24 yesterday.
A reflection on the implications of Covid-19 measures for learners from a constitutional law perspective
There is a growing body of literature on the short- to long-term effects of the pandemic on ECD learners, but the bulk of it comes from the medical and socioeconomic perspectives.
Zuma defiance would risk second contempt charge
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.
R1.39bn on irregular PPE spend could be recovered
The estimated cost of the investigations by the SIU into irregular and corrupt procurement of PPE by government departments is R351m, while the potential amount recoverable as at end-June was R1.39bn, unit head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, said in Parliament yesterday.
Parliament urged to decriminalise dagga
An Eastern Cape government department is calling for the unconditional release of everyone jailed for dealing in or possession of cannabis and also the general decriminalisation of the plant.
Limpopo High Court to enforce divorce mediation
Strong opinions have been expressed to Parliament about so-called discrimination against men in the Children’s Act.
Minister urges anti-vax fake news prosecutions
People who spread fake news about Covid-19 vaccinations should face criminal charges, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said yesterday, according to a TimesLIVE report.
Fed-up Zuma may send NPA doctors packing
Former President Jacob Zuma is considering refusing to be examined by NPA-appointed doctors because he is tired of his claims of ill-health being treated with distrust, according to his foundation.
