Human Rights
Declaring a State of Emergency explained
Some people have been calling for a State of Emergency to be declared because of civil unrest in the country
Law | 15 July 2021
There is no right to carry a gun under our Constitution
Yet much debate on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is based on the “right” to have a gun for self-defence
Opinion | 6 July 2021
Gun lobby says proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Bill won’t reduce violent crime
The police ministry has received over 100,000 submissions on the bill. Comment period extended to 2 August
News | 1 July 2021
Justice delayed is justice denied: Court frees man convicted of rape after it took seven years to prosecute him
Magistrate and prosecutor “deserve censure of the strongest kind” rule two KZN judges
Law | 28 June 2021
Triangle Project concerned by delayed hate crimes bill
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill stalled since 2018
News | 28 June 2021
Concourt punishes litigants for defaming judges
Punitive cost order made against tribal authority that made unsubstantiated allegations
Law | 21 June 2021
“Walk of Resistance” against Amazon site
A petition signed by 50,000 people opposing the R4.5bn mega-development has been handed over to Mayor Dan Plato
News | 17 June 2021
Dispute over quality of prison food
Correctional services say claims by Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison are “nowhere near reality”
Brief | 11 June 2021
It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.”
Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel
Opinion | 8 June 2021