Articles for Sandiso Phaliso

SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions

One law firm submitted claims of nearly R500-million against the Eastern Cape health department

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News | 13 September 2024

PRASA appeals against court instruction to return material belonging to land occupiers

Last week, the Western Cape gave PRASA 24 hours to return the group’s belongings or build them temporary housing

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News | 11 September 2024

PRASA accused of contempt of court

The rail agency was ordered to restore shelter to people it evicted from Cape Town Foreshore in August

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Brief | 10 September 2024

PRASA ordered to return building materials to land occupiers

Court ruling follows interdict against eviction sought by housing activist organisation

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Brief | 6 September 2024

Court criticises PRASA for illegal evictions

Ndifuna Ukwazi’s urgent application for interdict on behalf of Foreshore land occupiers continues

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News | 29 August 2024

Gugulethu sports tournament keeps learners off the street and on the field

Learners from township schools participate in the sports league on Fridays

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Brief | 28 August 2024

Key law on prisons watchdog stuck in the pipeline

Judicial Inspectorate of prisons is still accountable to the very department over which it is meant to have oversight, says lawyer

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News | 27 August 2024

Taxi bosses demand children use their services to get to school

But taxi association denies the letter is from them

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News | 23 August 2024

Philippi community welcomes temporary police station

This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns

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News | 22 August 2024

Police minister’s legal tardiness opens way for default rape case judgment

Leave to appeal in transgender case turned down by High Court

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News | 19 August 2024

Trains now run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line is still not fully operational

Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains

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News | 19 August 2024

City of Cape Town says progress on rail devolution is too slow

Draft National Devolution Strategy has not yet been made public

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Brief | 15 August 2024

Extortion war shuts down schools and businesses in Cape Town

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

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News | 7 August 2024

Cape Town lawyer accused of race attack must answer to charges, says magistrate

Gary Trappler fails in bid to have malicious damage to property case struck off the roll

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Brief | 5 August 2024