The different property regimes applicable to all marriages will come under scrutiny as the SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC) wants them...

Parliament is unlikely to meet a Constitutional Court deadline to pave the way for independent candidates to stand in the 2024 general...

Stanley Shabalala – arrested in April 2016 without evidence linking him to a robbery at a Pick n’ Pay – has won R900 000 in damages. A...

Veteran freelancer Raymond Joseph is suing Phillemon Letwaba, the suspended COO of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), alleging...

Advocate Nathaniel Masemola who helped draw up the first draft of the Constitution has died in Cape Town. He was 95. Born on 1 April 1927...

A trust is a legal arrangement whereby control over property is transferred to a person or organisation (the trustee) for the benefit of...

WHAT IS A DECEASED ESTATE? When a person dies and they have leave behind any assets and money to their name, a deceased estate comes into...

The problem to date, which especially affects women, is that a spouse going through a divorce might know that their partner has a lot of...

Doctors are calling on government to review the culpable homicide law and its application in a healthcare setting. A TimesLIVE report...

Amnesty International SA says its unacceptable that whistle-blowers are treated with disdain by the government when they are risking...

Pearl Modise – a ‘widow’ who challenged the constitutional validity of sections of the Intestate Succession Act – has lost her legal bid...

Eskom is not only failing to keep SA’s lights on, but it also cannot even produce a register for auditing purposes, reports TimesLIVE....

A parent who is the sole guardian may appoint a fit and proper person as guardian of the child, or to care for the child, in the event of...

It is a long shot, but the only 'pale male' to make the short list for the Chief Justice post, Alan Nelson SC, is using his candidacy to...

The dismal turnout for local government election is the strongest indicator yet that the masses have had enough, and that democracy is...

Municipalities which feel aggrieved by their failure to generate income from electricity sales are approaching the Gauteng High Court...

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and a group of community organizations have filed papers at the Gauteng High Court...

An international divorce occurs when at least one spouse is a foreign national of another country. Given both the mobility of South...

While it previously staved off allegations of reckless lending, Capitec Bank has been found guilty of the practice. A Cape Times report...

The Constitutional Court has confirmed a High Court order declaring section 13(7)(c) of the South African Police Service Act...