Law

City of Cape Town pauses decision to cut Dial-a-Ride services

Settlement reached between the municipality and the Western Cape Network on Disability

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Law | 5 September 2025

Ithuba seeks urgent court order to stop lottery licence handover

Ithuba claims the Minister ignored bidding rules and evaluation criteria in awarding fourth licence to Sizekhaya

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Law | 4 September 2025

Health DG enters the legal fight over circumcision device

Rival company Unicirc disputes CircumQ’s safety claims, but Dr Sabelo Buthelezi says the device has been used successfully in Gauteng

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Law | 4 September 2025

Dozens of organisations join sex work decriminalisation court case

Cape High Court allows multiple groups to intervene in SWEAT’s challenge to laws criminalising consenting adult sex work

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Law | 2 September 2025

Treasury defends award of tender for “untested and unsafe” circumcision device

Unicirc claims the device from winning bidder CircumQ is untested

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Law | 26 August 2025

Concourt clarifies pension beneficiary rules

End to decade-long legal dispute finally in sight

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Law | 25 August 2025

Vicious dogs can be impounded, court rules

Theewaterskloof Municipality wins appeal to impound three dogs that attacked visitors on private property in Caledon

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Law | 20 August 2025

Former Lottery board member ordered to pay back R21-million in stolen grant funds

Money meant for good causes was used for personal gain

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Law | 19 August 2025

Court blocks TotalEnergies oil exploration from Cape Agulhas to Cape Town

TotalEnergies can still submit new assessments and conduct a fresh public participation process

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Law | 14 August 2025

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

Commercial property owners are challenging the City’s budget in court, but the mayor argues they are selectively interpreting the law

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Law | 14 August 2025

Minister Tau breaks silence on lottery licence award

Court challenges by rejected bidders have compelled him to explain his decisions

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Law | 12 August 2025

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

The word has “genocidal connotations”

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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

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Law | 5 August 2025

Concourt confirms stopping people from letting their cattle graze amounts to eviction

The ruling applies to ESTA occupiers’ rights to graze cattle

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Law | 1 August 2025

“Dishonest” Judge Makhubele found guilty and faces impeachment

JSC upholds Tribunal ruling. Now Parliament will have to decide Makhubele’s fate

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Law | 1 August 2025

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing

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Law | 28 July 2025