Articles for Tania Broughton
Landmark rape ruling overturned by Supreme Court of Appeal
Rape survivor who sued the police for negligence should not get damages, court rules
News | 6 May 2020
Judge hits back at attorneys who accused him of bias
Application by Road Accident Fund attorneys dismissed
Law | 5 May 2020
Tobacco companies go to court to challenge regulations
Attorney says cigarette ban “is self-evidently irrational”
Law | 4 May 2020
Covid-19: Increase in social grants not good enough, say critics
Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”
News | 29 April 2020
Covid-19: Autism community pleads for relaxed lockdown rules
“I have no fence so I am forced to keep him indoors. Taking a walk is very important for his mental and physical benefit”
News | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: Dlamini-Zuma faces challenge over threat to lock-up infected people
“The prevention of the spread of the virus can be achieved through self-isolation at home”
News | 24 April 2020
Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless
Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: Family of dead man ask court to rule against police and army
“Security services consider the lockdown a licence to use force and to punish civilians”
News | 22 April 2020
Covid-19: Economists propose R400 billion relief plan
“Governments worldwide have taken extraordinary measures. By contrast, the response from the South African government has been relatively limited”
News | 20 April 2020