Law

Judge Mbenenge coerced secretary into sexual conversations, says GBV expert

Dr Lisa Vetten testified at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal on Monday

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Law | 1 July 2025

Court rejects appointment of advocate to investigate special needs school

The judge said Blind SA has alternative remedies to address allegations of violence and sexual harassment at Filadelfia Secondary School

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Law | 30 June 2025

Court win for housing company that has faced intimidation campaign

Disbarred advocate and dodgy company tried to take over properties owned by Communicare

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Law | 29 June 2025

Court orders dissolution of debt-ridden Ngwathe Municipality

AfriForum brought the case to compel the Free State government to intervene in the failing municipality

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Law | 26 June 2025

Court annuls man’s second marriage because his first wife did not consent

Only the first wife will be allowed to claim from the estate

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Law | 23 June 2025

Loan company exploited social grant beneficiaries, court rules

JDG Trading sold disability or retrenchment insurance to people who were already disabled or unemployed

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Law | 19 June 2025

Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident

One employee called another the k-word. Harmony Gold did not properly investigate, says the Labour Court

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Law | 19 June 2025

Charity “icon” may have used donor money for beauty treatments, judge says

Court finds Mara Glennie may have misappropriated R2-million

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Law | 18 June 2025

Home Affairs has left a quarter of a million people waiting years for birth certificates

The Children’s Institute has taken government to court over its late birth registration backlog

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Law | 17 June 2025

Court battle looms over lottery licence

Losing bidder Lekalinga has launched a court application to probe Minister Parks Tau’s decision to award the fourth lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings

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Law | 12 June 2025

Lottery official’s pension frozen by Special Tribunal

Sanele Dlamini had been found guilty of gross misconduct by the NLC

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Law | 12 June 2025

Road Accident Fund is wasting millions on “chaotic” court cases

Lawyers aren’t sent to court, resulting in default judgments

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Law | 10 June 2025

Cardiologist “gags” Carte Blanche

Despite having had multiple chances to respond, Dr Ntando Duze still managed to secure an interdict to halt the airing of a programme on allegations of malpractice

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Law | 9 June 2025

New Zimbabwe permit court showdown looming

At the heart of the matter is the question of whether the minister or Parliament can change the status of the permit

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Law | 7 June 2025

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilities

A failure to provide safe and dignified hostel conditions for learners with disabilities is widespread in South Africa, the organisation says

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Law | 6 June 2025

Judge slams Home Affairs for “unintelligible, illogical babble” in gay case

Immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was imprisoned solely for homosexuality

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Law | 4 June 2025