Court
Rape trials are long, expensive and difficult
Frequent postponements are frustrating and emotionally draining for both the accused and accuser
By Kelly Vinett and Saam Niami Jalinous
Feature | 31 October 2018
Banks are clogging up the justice system, says court
Pretoria High Court orders banks to use magistrates’ courts when acting against debtors
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 4 October 2018
Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts
Pretoria High Court finds that access to justice is denied by dragging cases into high courts
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 3 October 2018
Two thirds of reserved judgments in SA courts are late
ARTICLE UPDATED
By Sophia Wilhelm and Tara Osborne
News | 27 September 2018
Cape High Court backlog keeps getting worse
Seventeen judgments have been reserved for more than six months
News | 3 September 2018
Bathabile Dlamini off-the-hook for court costs - for now
Delays could have been avoided by Dlamini and former CEO Pearl Bhengu but their conduct was not “in bad faith or grossly negligent”
By Zoë Postman
Law | 30 August 2018
Cost order against NGO weakens democracy
The South African History Archive should be able to access documents exposing crimes under apartheid
By Sharon Ekambaram and Mluleki Marongo
Opinion | 3 July 2018
Judge Hlophe fails to explain why judgments are extremely late
Sixteen judgments at the Cape High Court have been outstanding for more than half-a-year. Six have been outstanding since 2016.
News | 29 June 2018
Charges dismissed against three men accused of murdering Zanele Sandlana
Magistrate’s decision greeted with tears by protesters
News | 27 June 2018