Law
Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency
Appointing a special master to assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is not judicial overreach
By Zoë Postman and Wilmien Wicomb
Law | 21 August 2019
Court upholds right of farm residents to bury their loved ones
SCA rules protecting an occupier’s religious and cultural rights is consistent with treating them with respect and dignity
Law | 21 August 2019
Constitutional Court rules that interim divorce orders may not be appealed
But the door has been left open for future litigation on interim orders
Law | 20 August 2019
Mom loses court case but scores a bigger victory for Eastern Cape patients
Supreme Court of Appeal has called on health minister Zweli Mkhize to “urgently address” the dire situation at government hospitals in the Eastern Cape
Law | 16 August 2019
What Appeal Court’s fracking judgment means
Ruling may lead to better environmental oversight
Law | 14 August 2019
District Six: Why judge described minister as “reckless and grossly negligent”
Personal cost order against Maite Nkoana Mashabane after land claims process stalls
Law | 13 August 2019
Concourt judgment will help keep families together
Foreign nationals with South African or permanent resident spouses do not have to leave the country to apply for spousal visas
Law | 8 August 2019
Landmark silicosis settlement made order of court
“This agreement can never make full redress for the loss and harm suffered by gold mine workers and their families and communities over the last 100 years,” says judge
Law | 26 July 2019
A strike turned violent. The company fired the workers. Here’s what the Concourt ruled
Ruling has implications for the legal concept of derivative misconduct
Law | 24 July 2019