Articles for Tania Broughton

Treasury defends SRD grant regulations

The Institute of Economic Justice is challenging regulations for the Social Relief of Distress grant which it says are unconstitutional.

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Law | 31 October 2024

Court bid to declare social grant regulations unconstitutional

About 8-million people are being denied the R370 SRD grant according to the Institute for Economic Justice

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Law | 29 October 2024

Lottery board vindicated by legal opinion

The National Lotteries Commission was correct to return money to Treasury

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Parliament | 24 October 2024

Concourt showdown on copyright bill

The court will hear two applications relating to copyright and the rights of blind people to convert works into accessible formats

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Law | 23 October 2024

Court bid to decriminalise sex work

The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”

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Law | 10 October 2024

Blind SA says Ramaphosa is shirking his constitutional obligations

Legal action taken to compel the President to sign the Copyright Amendment Bill into law

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Law | 10 October 2024

Minister of Police must pay damages to teacher for unlawful arrest

The teacher was arrested for domestic violence and held in custody for a weekend

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Law | 27 September 2024

Court sets aside conviction in dagga case

The magistrate had relied on a section of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act that was declared unconstitutional almost 30 years ago

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Law | 19 September 2024

Former Lottery boss is delaying forfeiture of assets worth millions of rands

Pretoria High Court postpones application by the National Prosecuting Authority

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Brief | 11 September 2024

“Battered woman syndrome”: law to be challenged

Lawyers say psychological aspect of domestic violence must be taken into account when sentencing women who kill abusive partners

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Law | 29 August 2024

Judge guilty of misconduct, but gets away with slap on the wrist

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi was late with dozens of judgments

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Law | 28 August 2024

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

But way is open for Shell to apply for another renewal of seismic survey permit

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Law | 28 August 2024

Judge slams lawyers who preyed on refugees

Attorneys and advocate who did “a cut and paste job” for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets

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Law | 19 August 2024

PRASA’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15-million and counting

Zolani Matthews has been given the boot again, this time for “operational reasons”

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News | 17 August 2024

Soweto property owners ask court to send Johannesburg officials to jail

They argue that the City failed to comply with two court orders

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News | 13 August 2024