Insulting language by a lawyer cannot be tolerated in court, says SCA
The Supreme Court of Appeal has blocked a bad tempered, disrespectful law graduate from being admitted as an attorney
Law | 8 March 2023
Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Tafelberg matter
“At the heart of the matter is the government’s obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid” says housing activist
Law | 20 February 2023
Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards
Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad
Brief | 9 February 2023
Silicosis class action bolstered by Appeal Court ruling
Litigation has been ongoing for ten years
Law | 7 February 2023
Appeal Court finds Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is not unconstitutional
Although it overturned the High Court ruling, the SCA granted the same relief
Law | 6 February 2023
Video: Free State municipality fails to provide water to communities
In Parys, Free State, the water supply is becoming ever more erratic, exacerbated by loadshedding. Many people have to walk kilometres to get water. This has caused great dissatisfaction and sparked violent protests.
Video | 6 February 2023
Murder at Mangaung Prison: Leaked report shows ‘Facebook rapist’ was dead before a fire broke out in his cell
Leaked documents show that Thabo Bester was already dead before a fire broke out in his cell
News | 20 January 2023
Hundreds march in Free State over water shortages
Moqhaka Local Municipality in Kroonstad blames loadshedding for supply issues
Brief | 17 January 2023
Mystery: Why did a youth movement get lottery funding to build an old age home that doesn’t appear to be needed?
Five years later, the R27.5-million facility hasn’t opened
News | 12 January 2023