Legal Articles and Guides
Interdict stops attorney's R79m payout move
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has obtained an interim interdict preventing attorney Zuko Nonxuba from putting into effect writs of execution he has against the department for about R79m.
Private ambulances to withdraw services in RAF dispute
A group of private ambulance services are set to down tools today due to ongoing disputes between them and the Road Accident Fund (RAF).
Mother failed to prove negligence at birth
A woman who took the North West Health MEC to court after she accused nursing staff at Makgobistad clinic in Kuruman of being negligent when she gave birth in 2003, failed to prove negligence, the SCA has ruled, according to News24.
Mother sues 13 years after brain-damaged birth
A Nelson Mandela Bay mother, whose child was born with severe brain damage after problems during birth, intends suing Dora Nginza Hospital and the Eastern Cape Health Department for more than R4m.
Gynaecologist not liable for Down syndrome birth
For eight years, a Johannesburg gynaecologist faced a multimillion-rand claim after one of his patients gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome.
Called-out doctor jailed for breaking curfew
An ear, nose and throat specialist spent Friday night in the Edenvale police holding cells with four other people. He was accused of violating the Covid-19 curfew, although the doctor told police he was attending to a medical emergency in the West Rand, says a TimesLIVE report.
Advocate appointed to head decuplets story inquiry
Independent Media says it has appointed veteran anti-apartheid lawyer, Michael Donen SC, to chair its external inquiry into the Tembisa decuplets story, according to a report on the IoL site.
Discovery caught up in official's alleged board 'fix'
An investigation has been launched after a senior Discovery Health official was caught on tape hatching a scheme to fix the board at one of its client medical aids in order to protect its profits.
'Decuplets mom' seeks release from hospital
Moliehi Maria Sithole, also known as Gosiame Thamara, and her husband, Teboho Tsotetsi, the pair at the centre of the decuplets saga, have turned to the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) for an urgent order to force the government to release her from a hospital where they say she is being held against her will.
Black doctors allege exit exams discrimination
Black doctors have lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the body tasked with examining them – the Colleges of Medicine of SA (CMSA).
Sorry decuplets saga to be investigated
The sorry saga of the alleged birth of decuplets, now shown to be a hoax, is to be independently investigated by the media group, whose newspaper, the Pretoria News, was the source of the reports.
Cannabis strategy finally ready for Nedlac debate
The government is due present the national cannabis master plan to the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) on Wednesday, almost three years after the Constitutional Court decriminalised the use of the plant.
Judge dismisses sperm donor's bid for visitation rights
A sperm donor has failed in his bid to have contact with the child he ‘fathered’. This is the effect of a ruling by Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Jody Kollapen in an unusual battle in which the donor and his mother sought visitation rights for the now five-year-old child.
R4bn in claims put department on brink
The Bhisho legislature has been told that the Eastern Cape Health Department is on the verge of collapse and has been paralysed by R4bn worth of medico-legal claims in the past financial year.
Malema tells EFF to defy lockdown rules
EFF leader Julius Malema has launched a scathing attack on government, instructing his members to defy lockdown regulations until more coronavirus vaccines were procured.
