Law
District Six: Why judge described minister as “reckless and grossly negligent”
Personal cost order against Maite Nkoana Mashabane after land claims process stalls
Law | 13 August 2019
Concourt judgment will help keep families together
Foreign nationals with South African or permanent resident spouses do not have to leave the country to apply for spousal visas
Law | 8 August 2019
Landmark silicosis settlement made order of court
“This agreement can never make full redress for the loss and harm suffered by gold mine workers and their families and communities over the last 100 years,” says judge
Law | 26 July 2019
A strike turned violent. The company fired the workers. Here’s what the Concourt ruled
Ruling has implications for the legal concept of derivative misconduct
Law | 24 July 2019
Supreme Court of Appeal sends coal company packing
No mining will take place in Mabola Protected Environment for now
By John Yeld
Law | 23 July 2019
Community wins 20 year battle for school
Case goes to the heart of the fundamental rights of access to basic education guaranteed by the Constitution, says judge
Law | 18 July 2019
Call to bolster independence of prisons watchdog
“A watchdog body which is understaffed and unable to do what it’s meant to do”
Law | 7 June 2019
Court blow for activists being sued by mining company
Judge refuses to grant access to documents
By John Yeld
Law | 31 May 2019
Six mining groups ask court to approve R5 billion silicosis settlement
But some mines will continue to fight class action suit
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 30 May 2019