Only South Africans and permanent residents may be lawyers, Concourt rules
Foreign law graduates who have lived, studied and completed articles and pupillage in South Africa do not qualify
Law | 2 August 2022
High Court victory for former farm worker from Wellington
Drakenstein Municipality failed in its duty to provide emergency housing, Western Cape High Court finds
By Liezl Human
News | 2 August 2022
Education department misses court deadline to pay educators
Eastern Cape education department has now promised to pay staff at a Makhanda school by the end of August
News | 2 August 2022
“It’s survival of the fittest” says blind homeless woman
No homeless shelters or “safe spaces” in Mitchells Plain
News | 2 August 2022
12 toilets for 3,000 people, so elderly couple use the bushes
600,000 are people waiting for housing opportunities in the Western Cape
News | 2 August 2022
We’ll fight eviction, say families living on Joburg railway land
Some people have been living on the Braamfontein site for over two decades
News | 2 August 2022
Two people killed as Tembisa brought to a standstill by protests
Ekurhuleni mayor believes protest is aimed at making the township “ungovernable” for the DA-led coalition
Brief | 1 August 2022
Court orders public apologies to Chinese community
Posts on Facebook found to be hate speech
Law | 1 August 2022
Amathole Municipality and Department of Water blame each other for leaving villages dry
Workers oppose the mayor’s plan to bring in a new company and cut their wages. Mayor blames the Department - but the municipality has not released funds to the contractor.
News | 1 August 2022