Law
Legal Aid helps scores of people, mostly pensioners, for free in Wills Week
The Master of the High Court estimates that more than 70% of working South Africans do not have wills
By Iva Fulepu
News | 20 September 2025
Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules
The word has “genocidal connotations”
Law | 5 August 2025
After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
Law | 5 August 2025
Court finds Cape Town lawyer guilty of slashing neighbour’s tyres
But magistrate did not rule on whether it was racially motivated
News | 8 July 2025
South African law is failing gig workers
These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily
By Nick Fabré
Opinion | 10 June 2025
Chris Hani mayor sues SANCO leader for defamation
Lusanda Sizani says statements made during a protest were “unreasonable”
Brief | 28 May 2025
Mediation will unclog court backlog
There are far too many cases in which the litigants don’t know what they want the judge to decide
Judge Stuart Wilson
Opinion | 17 May 2025
Gayton McKenzie ruling against News24 overturned - mostly
In January the Press Ombud ruled against a story on the sports minister’s Olympic jaunt. That finding has now been largely overturned.
Law | 25 April 2025
Short thrift for law firm’s complaint against Sunday Times
Newspaper dealt fairly with union’s complaint to legal watchdog about their attorneys’ billing
Law | 24 April 2025