Law
Judge gets tough on incompetent lawyers
Divorce lawyer told to pay costs on punitive scale. Liquidation lawyers told to refund fees.
Law | 5 February 2026
Rights organisations criticise proposed refugee law
Scalabrini warns that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers
Law | 2 February 2026
Tribunal finds Judge Selby Mbenenge not guilty of gross misconduct
While cleared of sexual harassment, tribunal finds a “degree of misconduct” for initiating and conducting relationship at work
Law | 31 January 2026
Principal Wesley Neumann’s return to Heathfield High delayed
The Western Cape Education Department has filed a notice of intention to apply for leave to appeal, which has delayed Neumann’s planned return to the school on 2 February
Law | 30 January 2026
A well-known athletics coach was charged with raping a teenager two years ago. We still may not name him.
State opposes his latest “Stalingrad tactics”
Law | 23 January 2026
“Ethics” company applied to gag GroundUp
ProEthics filed an urgent court case to stop GroundUp reporting on its questionable R28-million procurement with the National Lotteries Commission
Law | 20 January 2026
District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages
Five families who have fought their eviction for years have lost their court battle
Law | 13 January 2026
Court stops Enver Motala’s bid for reinstatement
Motala was removed from the list of insolvency practitioners in 2011 after his handling of the Pamodzi Group’s mining assets
By Justin Brown
Law | 13 January 2026
KZN magistrate suspended without pay
Ian Blose was charged with making false declarations and failing to disclose his suspension by the Legal Practice Council
Law | 18 December 2025