Articles for Tania Broughton

MEC must pay after child injured in drain acid “experiment”

Cleaner left acid unattended in school toilets while he went on lunch break

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Law | 11 October 2022

“Brave” bus company boss “resisted” Mbalula and taxis

“Unfortunately his company has paid dearly for this brave stance … but hopefully this judgment will serve to vindicate his belief that it was the right thing to do,” says judge

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Law | 10 October 2022

Police Minister ordered to pay father R240,000 for unlawful arrest during lockdown

The man said he was arrested at a roadblock in April 2020 while transporting his sick son to a doctor

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Law | 7 October 2022

SAPS must pay R50,000 compensation to victim of sexual harrassment

SAPS took an unreasonably long time to investigate the complaint, the Labour Court says

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News | 5 October 2022

Mbalula must protect Intercape buses, court rules

Punitive costs awarded against minister. Intercape CEO says: “There is frustration and concern from both the citizenry and business over these ongoing failures on the part of the state.”

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Law | 3 October 2022

Children caught using cannabis will no longer be criminally prosecuted

Concourt rules sections of Drugs act unconstitutional. But ruling makes it clear that the court does not condone drug use by children.

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Law | 29 September 2022

Couple challenges law on maternity leave

Both parents should be entitled to the same leave when a baby is born, argues Polokwane couple

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Law | 26 September 2022

Municipality liable for child shot by mayor’s bodyguard

Five-year-old suffered severe brain damage and paralysis

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Law | 23 September 2022

Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional

Court gives immediate redress for blind and visually impaired people

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Law | 21 September 2022

City of Joburg pays constitutional damages for trying to evict park dwellers

Court settlement reached between Albert Park occupants, and City and metro police

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Law | 16 September 2022

Evicted “park dwellers” seek damages from City of Johannesburg

“I was treated as a nuisance and not a human being”

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Law | 14 September 2022

Reinstate whistleblower – court orders Eastern Cape health MEC

A woman has been compensated for the “punishment” she received for reporting attempted nepotism in the department

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Law | 13 September 2022

Former UCT student named on rapist list wins damages

The woman who wrongfully put the student’s name on the widely circulated list must pay R300,000 in damages and medical bills

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Law | 9 September 2022

Court challenge against scrapping Zimbabwean permit will go ahead

Zimbabwean Exemption Permit validity was extended by six months to June 2023

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Law | 8 September 2022

Health MEC liable for patient who fell to his death, court rules

Judge found that the patient had not been properly medicated or monitored

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Law | 5 September 2022

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast

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Law | 1 September 2022