Law
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.”
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
Law | 10 October 2024
Complaint against Mail & Guardian by the Patriotic Alliance dismissed
But the report that is the subject of the complaint and the deputy ombud’s ruling leave unanswered questions
Law | 27 September 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
Law | 27 September 2024
Press Ombudsman orders TimesLIVE to give correct account of facts
Complaint lodged by GroundUp partially upheld
Law | 25 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
Law | 19 September 2024
Durban police brutality case postponed yet again
The trial of 17 police officers for the death of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has been postponed repeatedly for years now
By Benita Enoch
Law | 11 September 2024
Ombud finds IOL broke press code on Renaldo Gouws video
IOL says it will not apologise and is applying for leave to appeal the ruling
Law | 3 September 2024
Judge Lindiwe Rusi vs City Press: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling
Journalists need to be careful when repeating previously published allegations
Law | 2 September 2024