Concourt showdown on copyright bill
The court will hear two applications relating to copyright and the rights of blind people to convert works into accessible formats
Law | 23 October 2024
Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists
Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered
News | 23 October 2024
Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock
But environment minister and bird conservation groups both say an out-of-court settlement is yet possible
By John Yeld
News | 21 October 2024
Informal miners burnt to death during police raid: Families demand justice
Several miners died and scores more sustained severe burns during an Operation Vala Umgodi raid in August
News | 21 October 2024
Criminal charges for previous head of Gauteng Department of Social Development
Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture department
By Daniel Steyn
News | 17 October 2024
Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power
City Power removed and confiscated 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at R6-million
Brief | 17 October 2024
Ombud lambasts Legal Practice Council
The council and its disciplinary committee not only failed to act in the public interest but also contributed to injustice, says Judge Siraj Desai
By Tony Beamish
Law | 17 October 2024
Using radiation to stop the traffic of rhino horns
The Wits Rhisotope project hopes to help conservation efforts
Science | 16 October 2024
Understanding the High Court ruling on rape and consent
Minister of Justice opposed the case to have “defence of subjective consent to rape” scrapped
Law | 14 October 2024