What is the significance of Judge Makhubele’s Judicial Conduct Tribunal?

Separation of powers under examination, says Mbekezeli Benjamin from Judges Matter

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Opinion | 21 February 2023

Action needed to reduce Cape Town’s water usage, says expert

Dam levels are set to fall below 50% in March. This time last year they were 80% full

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News | 21 February 2023

Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Tafelberg matter

“At the heart of the matter is the government’s obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid” says housing activist

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Law | 20 February 2023

PRASA board strikes back against whistleblower

Martha Ngoye will apply for the certification and enforcement of her arbitration award

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News | 20 February 2023

People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF

Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return

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News | 20 February 2023

Asylum seekers fear arrest as delays mount

People have been struggling to renew their permits at Home Affairs in Musina since 2020

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Brief | 20 February 2023

My friend told the police she’d been assaulted. Then the justice system failed her

Rude, uncaring police, slow magistrates and even loadshedding have meant that her assailant of 18 months ago is still free

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Opinion | 20 February 2023

Taxi protests: We cannot bypass tender processes, MEC tells bosses

Thousands of learners returned to school on Monday morning following week-long protest by taxi drivers

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News | 20 February 2023

Police fire rubber bullets at Geluksdal students

A fatal stabbing at the school has led to protests demanding “justice” for Shawn Mphela

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News | 17 February 2023

Gandhi’s legacy in South Africa threatened by lack of government interest and dwindling funds

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement he founded no longer have any major donors

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News | 17 February 2023

Learners march to Eskom as school has been without electricity for several months

SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage

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Brief | 17 February 2023

Glebelands Eight trial: Hitmen handed life sentences

Judge Chili said that the group operated as a “law unto themselves”

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Brief | 17 February 2023

Fed up parents threaten to close down Valencia if a new school is not built

A new primary school was first promised in 2007

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News | 17 February 2023

High Court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

The sections render asylum seekers “undocumented” if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date

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Law | 16 February 2023

Tribunal against ex-PRASA chair Judge Makhubele set for next week

It has taken three years for the Judicial Conduct Tribunal to hear complaints against “PRASA judge”

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Brief | 16 February 2023

Disabled immigrants evicted from Joburg building by Operation Dudula

“Everything was lost during the eviction. Now I sleep with my children in a room with many others” says mother

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News | 16 February 2023