Articles for Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti

When can a landlord evict law-abiding tenants to renovate?

More than 50 tenants of a derelict building in Hillbrow have taken their landlord to the Constitutional Court

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Law | 5 December 2018

Asylum seekers can now apply for residence visas

Constitutional Court ruling overturns Home Affairs directive

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Law | 27 November 2018

Understanding the My Vote Counts judgment

Within the next 18 months South Africans are likely to find out who funds which political parties

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Law | 27 June 2018

Understanding the Constitutional Court’s Sidney Frankel judgment

Landmark ruling demonstrates a new approach to survivors of sexual assault

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News | 21 June 2018

Court rules that religion cannot be used as a defence for anti-gay hate speech

An explanation of the Equality Court’s ruling against against Pastor Oscar Bougaardt

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Law | 15 June 2018

What are the limits of our right to know? An apartheid-era crookery case will provide the answer

The South African History Archive is still trying to get information from the Reserve Bank on Vito Palazzolo, Johann Blaauw and Robert Oliver Hill

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News | 14 June 2018

Court gives community right to fish without permit

Landmark judgment for customary rights

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Law | 6 June 2018

Victory for asylum seekers in Constitutional Court

Court rules on extension of temporary permits

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Law | 30 May 2018

Court orders tribal authority to act democratically

Traditional leadership can be compatible with democracy and the Constitution

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Law | 28 May 2018

Transgender rights: Vital case heads to Equality Court

Prisoner alleges unfair discrimination

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Law | 24 May 2018

Concourt explains test for racism in the workplace

Employee who used the phrase “swart man” was rightly dismissed

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Law | 22 May 2018

Understanding the Michael Komape judgment

It’s a setback for the family, but it will help the campaign to end pit toilets in schools

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Law | 10 May 2018

Why the Fish River Sun land claim case took 20 years

Court was scathing about Land Claims Commission

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Law | 24 April 2018

Court rules that banks can sell your house for next to nothing

Case involved house valued at R470,000 sold for R40,000 by Standard Bank

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Law | 16 April 2018

Constitutional Court decision strengthens workers’ rights

Employees who don’t get the legal niceties right at the CCMA should not be prejudiced

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Law | 27 March 2018

Traders vs Transnet: court case has consequences for informal businesses

Mogwase’s informal traders argue that closing their businesses will make them dependent on the state

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Law | 19 March 2018