Court
More people now qualify for legal aid
Substantial changes made to means testing to account for inflation and the rising cost of living
Brief | 29 April 2019
Case not closed: Cape High Court backlog showing no signs of improving
Thirteen judgments are over six months late, twice the amount of time set out in the judicial norms
Law | 25 February 2019
Slight improvement in backlog at Western Cape High Court
But 16 judgments have been outstanding for at least six months
By Kim Reynolds
Law | 13 December 2018
Three ways to improve justice in South Africa
Our court system is frustrating, slow and technologically backward
GroundView | 13 November 2018
Rape trials are long, expensive and difficult
Frequent postponements are frustrating and emotionally draining for both the accused and accuser
By Kelly Vinett and Saam Niami Jalinous
Feature | 31 October 2018
Banks are clogging up the justice system, says court
Pretoria High Court orders banks to use magistrates’ courts when acting against debtors
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 4 October 2018
Victory for debtors as judges rule that cases must be referred to lower courts
Pretoria High Court finds that access to justice is denied by dragging cases into high courts
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 3 October 2018
Two thirds of reserved judgments in SA courts are late
ARTICLE UPDATED
By Sophia Wilhelm and Tara Osborne
News | 27 September 2018
Cape High Court backlog keeps getting worse
Seventeen judgments have been reserved for more than six months
News | 3 September 2018