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Sep 9, 2021
Legislation: Parliament gets proposed Muslim marriages Bill
Ahead of an expected judgment from the Constitutional Court on the recognition of Muslim marriages, the Al Jamah-ah Party has submitted a...
Sep 9, 2021
Transport: Make e-tolls decision or face strike, Minister told
Cosatu in Gauteng has issued an ultimatum to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to make an announcement soon on the scrapping of e-tolls...
Sep 9, 2021
Internet: 'Digital load shedding' on way, suggests MTN
MTN has warned of what is termed ‘digital load shedding’ due to the planned ending of a temporary broadband reprieve courtesy of national...
Sep 9, 2021
Family: Divorce mediation as a 'first stop' welcomed
Strong opinions have been expressed to Parliament about so-called discrimination against men in the Children’s Act. According to a report...
Sep 9, 2021
Litigation: Landmark ruling breaks culture of silence on rape
In a landmark judgment described as the ‘verdict to break the culture of silencing victims’, Reverend June Dolley-Major has won her fight...
Sep 9, 2021
Corporate: Legal backing for Discovery's 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...
Sep 3, 2021
Are there limitations on the child’s best interest principle?
The best interests of the child is a concept known in the South African law prior to the advent of the new constitutional dispensation. ...
Sep 3, 2021
Litigation: 'Good' or 'bad' parents, not the issue – judge
In matters involving custody of children, parents bad-mouth each other in court to try to prove that they are ‘good’. But ‘good’ or ‘bad’...
Sep 3, 2021
Labour: Dismissal for lying ruled procedurally fair
The Labour Court has found in favour of a Bellville security firm that dismissed an employee for gross dishonesty when he lied to his...
Sep 3, 2021
Labour: No threat to public sector jobs, Minister tells court
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has denied the government is using the financial crisis caused by Covid-19 to reduce the headcount in...
Sep 3, 2021
Covid-19 crisis: Time to make vaccinations mandatory – Cameron
Retired Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron, highly respected for his gay rights and antiretroviral activism, says ‘hard-core...
Aug 26, 2021
Litigation: RAF ordered to pay injured policeman R2m
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been ordered to pay a police officer R2m in damages and income loss, after a car crash left him confined...
Aug 26, 2021
Litigation: Grandmother denied bid to exhume son's body
A grandmother who wanted her son’s body exhumed so that DNA samples could be taken to prove her theory that he was not the father of two...
Aug 26, 2021
Litigation: Unlawful, but Eskom tender allowed to run
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) declared that Eskom's award of a tender to Senta Square to perform control and instrumentation...
Aug 26, 2021
Finance: Employment tax incentive abuse in Treasury sights
The Treasury is proposing to stamp out abuse of the employment tax incentive to prevent employers claiming it on behalf of trainees...
Aug 18, 2021
Policy: No quick pensions relief for workers – Treasury
The Treasury has revealed that workers in financial distress who hope for early access to a portion of their retirement savings while...
Aug 18, 2021
Litigation: Gupta firm fails to overturn restraint order
The directors or shareholders of a Gupta family company have no legal standing to oppose a restraint order without the approval of the...
Aug 18, 2021
Practice: Virtual Advocates Chambers a world first
The legal practice landscape has changed forever with the first Virtual Advocates Chambers, which went live this week – all thanks to...
Aug 18, 2021
Constitutional: Court lacks jurisdiction to delay elections – Casac
The Constitutional Court has no jurisdiction to permit the Electoral Commission (IEC) to defer the elections to next year, said the...
Aug 12, 2021
Litigation: Woman ordered to take children back to Thailand
The SCA has ruled against a woman who unilaterally removed three children, of whom she had shared custody with her former husband, from...
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