Legal Articles and Guides
Barrier for undocumented parents 'unconstitutional'
The Western Cape High Court has declared unconstitutional the Department of Home Affairs’ practice of refusing to register children’s births simply because their parents cannot produce valid passports, visas or permits.
Judge blocks municipality's bid to circumvent PIE
Knysna Municipality sought to demolish about 90 occupied homes in Sedgefield without an eviction order, the Western Cape High Court has found.
Judge recalls debt default ruling
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has recalled a summary judgment granted in favour of Nedbank in a vehicle finance dispute, ruling a woman who arrived at court shortly after the order was made should be given an opportunity to oppose the bank’s application.
DA challenges Expropriation Act in High Court
The Western Cape High Court will today begin to hear three separate constitutional challenges to the Expropriation Act, which is one of the main points of contention in the diplomatic standoff between SA and the US, reports News24.
City Power retracts R9.3m Curro debt claim
The battle between City Power and Curro Sagewood School has taken a dramatic turn after the utility was forced to publicly retract key claims it made about the private school’s alleged R9.3m debt.
Litigants slam judge’s one-sentence apology
Abantu Batho Congress president Philani Godfrey Mavundla and uMvoti Local Municipality former Speaker Mfundo Masondo have rejected the ‘one-line’ apology offered to them by KZN High Court Judge Elsje-Marie Bezuidenhout – calling it a ‘slap in the face.’
Liquidated private school allegedly ‘hijacked’
Parents of pupils at a private school owned by a liquidated company continued to send their children to the institution’s three campuses, unaware they were ‘hijacked’ by three other companies.
Blogger defies order to apologise to businessman
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered blogger Musa Khawula to remove X posts it found to be defamatory towards entrepreneur and CEO of Afrirent Holdings, Senzo Tsabedze, and publish an unconditional apology, reports TimesLIVE.
Molefe’s pension payout dispute heads to ConCourt
Eskom’s Pension and Provident Fund has challenged a full Bench ruling by the High Court, which it says leads to ‘absurd outcomes’ in the ongoing battle over Brian Molefe’s pension payout refund.
NDPP won't oppose assisted dying ConCourt challenge
The NDPP will not oppose Dignity SA’s Constitutional Court challenge to decriminalise medically assisted dying, leaving the Health Minister and the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) to contest the case.
NTC director slapped with R500 000 costs order
Edwin Letopa, the sole director of the scandal-plagued NTC Global Trade Fund, has been ordered to pay R500 000 into an attorney’s trust account as security for ‘wasted costs’ after a hearing into the firm’s final liquidation was postponed at the last minute.
Libyan partners forced to sell SA hotels
A years-long stalemate between hotelier Bart Dorrestein’s Legacy Hotels and minority shareholder the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has been resolved following the SCA ruling on 21 July that the sovereign wealth fund’s shares in the business be repurchased by Legacy at fair value.
Gauteng firm ordered to repay ‘unlawful’ R4m lottery grant
A Gauteng company scored R4m from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) for a community water provision project it completed three years before, reports HeraldLIVE.
Maumela’s R325m assets forfeited to the state
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order allowing the state to permanently seize luxury assets worth hundreds of millions of rands linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital tender kingpin Hangwani Maumela.
Tammy Tayor franchise dockets are ready
A Gauteng woman says she lost R5.8m after investing in Tammy Taylor franchise and shareholding opportunities, which she claims were fraudulently marketed by Peet and Mel Viljoen.
