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Apr 6, 2021
LANDMARK RULING ON SINGLE DAD'S SURROGACY BABY
In what The Herald calls a ground-breaking judgment, a court has ordered the Department of Home Affairs to register ‘Baby J’ within 30...
Mar 26, 2021
STATE PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON LEGITIMATE PROTEST
The recent police killing of a pedestrian at a protest outside the Wits University illustrates that ‘SA’s public order policing is as ill...
Mar 26, 2021
BUSHIRI'S ATTORNEY CLAIMS R15M FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION
The instructing attorney in SA for fugitive Shepherd Bushiri will be suing the Minister of Police and the National Police Commissioner...
Mar 26, 2021
'NEW' ADVOCATE GIVES SUPPORT TO PROTESTING STUDENTS
Advocate Lerato Moela, who was still a law student when he decided to take Wits University to court last year to halt the evacuation of...
Mar 26, 2021
OUTA READY TO TAKE ON AARTO LICENCES ISSUE
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is set to challenge the government’s proposed regulations to the Administrative Adjudication of...
Mar 26, 2021
SUSPENDED OFFICIALS STILL RAKING IN BILLIONS
The DA wants the Public Service Commission to urgently investigate delays in finalising the disciplinary cases involving 6 334 civil...
Mar 26, 2021
FIRST FOR ANC AS AS MEMBER'S FAMILY SUES FOR R61.1M
In a first case of its kind, the ANC is being sued for R65.1m by the family of one of its members who was fatally assaulted at a chaotic...
Mar 17, 2021
CCMA: 'SUSPICION' NOT ENOUGH FOR DISMISSAL
A security company’s decision to dismiss one of its guards after he failed a lie detector test breached the Labour Relations Act and the...
Mar 17, 2021
LAWYERS: PRO BONO HOURS INCREASE TOO MUCH
Lawyers have warned that Legal Practice Council (LPC) plans to transform the profession with the draft legal sector code, which is up for...
Mar 17, 2021
PRISONER'S BID FOR CONJUGAL-RIGHTS VISITS DISMISSED
Boeremag member Dr Wilhelm Pretorius has failed to get monthly three-hour conjugal visits with his wife. Pretorius (41) is being held at...
Mar 17, 2021
ZUMA GIVES CONCOURT DEADLINE A MISS
Former President Jacob Zuma not only remains defiant in his stand-off with the State Capture Commission but has also ignored the...
Mar 11, 2021
THE IMPORTANCE OF A COHABITATION AGREEMENT
Don’t be naïve when living together, be alert! In an age where many marriages fail, young couples now resort to living together without...
Mar 10, 2021
MAYOR: NO ISIXHOSA MEANING FOR NEW PE NAME
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has written to Arts & Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa to request that he reverse the new name of...
Mar 10, 2021
BIRTHS REGISTRATION LAW CHALLENGED
A single father of a child born of surrogacy has launched proceedings to have legislation amended to allow him to register the birth of...
Mar 10, 2021
MINISTER TO APPEAL TOBACCO RULING
The Western Cape High Court has granted Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma leave to appeal its...
Mar 10, 2021
HOME AFFAIRS TO REVIEW VISAS ISSUED SINCE 2004
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has appointed a team of experts to review several categories of permits and visas issued since May...
Mar 4, 2021
HJI: LEAVE VACCINE PROCUREMENT TO STATE
The Health Justice Initiative (HJI) has filed papers asking to join a case against the Minister of Health and 16 others seeking to allow...
Mar 4, 2021
ZUMA FINALLY GETS A TRIAL DATE
Almost three years after the charges were reinstated, the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) this week approved 17 May as the start date...
Mar 4, 2021
RAMAPHOSA: STOP THE JUDGE BASHING
President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly defended the judiciary, saying attacks against it should not be taken lightly, as they shake the...
Mar 4, 2021
HOSPITALS NOT READY FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT
According to The Citizen, dozens of hospitals may not be ready to start vaccinating patients as soon as planned, politicians have...
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