March 13, 2023
South Africa: Limpopo Policy on Pregnant Learners Needing to be Accompanied a Violation of Pupil's Rights - Watchdog
Limpopo and Gauteng basic education departments contradict each other on pregnant learner policy Read more »
March 09, 2023
South Africa: Police Stood By While Two Men Were Killed, Says Witness
Malawians in Lingelethu township in Malmesbury, Western Cape, are accusing police of turning a blind eye when two Malawian men were murdered by a crowd in October 2022. According… Read more »
March 06, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds of Public Service Workers Down Tools in Defiance of Court Interdict
"We have nothing to lose now because we are earning peanuts anyway" says striking worker Read more »
March 03, 2023
South Africa: School Amends Policy That Excluded Pregnant Learners
We previously reported that the school in Mamelodi required pregnant learners to stay home until they gave birth Read more »
South Africa: Evicted in the Morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP Occupiers Move Back in By Evening
High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street Read more »
South Africa: Evicted Waste Pickers Win in Court
Company must rebuild homes of the "Airfield Community" on land near Waterkloof base Read more »
March 02, 2023
South Africa: Taxis Interdicted From Interfering With School Transport in Khayelitsha
"The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia," says education MEC Read more »
February 28, 2023
South Africa: Rubber Bullets Fired As Over 2,000 People Evicted From Nigel Housing Occupation
Lawyers for the occupiers have subsequently secured a stay of the eviction order in the Gauteng High Court Read more »
South Africa: Women March Through Dunoon Against Gender-Based Violence
"Men who are not embarrassed and have sexual intercourse with our children must leave Dunoon" Read more »
March 01, 2023
South Africa: Court Orders Former Lottery Boss to Pay Punitive Legal Costs to Journalist
Raymond Joseph is suing former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission Phillemon Letwaba for defamation Read more »
February 20, 2023
South Africa: My Friend Reported She'd Been Sexually Assaulted. Then the Justice System Failed Her
Rude, uncaring police, slow magistrates and even loadshedding have meant that her assailant of 18 months ago is still free Read more »
South Africa: Prasa Board Strikes Back Against Whistleblower
Martha Ngoye will apply for the certification and enforcement of her arbitration award Read more »
South Africa: Asylum Seekers Fear Arrest As Delays Mount
People have been struggling to renew their permits at Home Affairs in Musina since 2020 Read more »
South Africa: 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 Read more »
February 07, 2023
South Africa: Silicosis Class Action Bolstered By Appeal Court Ruling
Litigation has been ongoing for ten years Read more »
February 06, 2023
South Africa: Mamelodi School Under Investigation for Policy Excluding Pregnant Learners
Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School Read more »
February 02, 2023
South Africa: Home Affairs Accused of Violating Children's Rights
The department has refused to register dozens of children in Musina in cases where one of their parents is undocumented Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Constitutional Court - Where Are the Online Records?
Court records are not being filed promptly online, and key documents go missing Read more »
South Africa: Environmental Activists Revise Pleas in 'SLAPP Case' Brought By Australian Miners #AfricaClimateCrisis
Marathon legal battle against R14.25-million defamation case continues Read more »
January 31, 2023
South Africa: Murdered Khayelitsha Woman's Family Say Justice System Failed Them
Bongani Ngadleka found not guilty of fatally stabbing Phelokazi Mqathanya Read more »
South Africa: Four More Years in Prison for Rhino Poacher
Mfana Ignitus Kubai's prison sentence was increased from 11 to 15 years on appeal Read more »
January 30, 2023
South Africa: Lawyer Must Pay Clients R1.4 Million Stolen By Scammer
Attorney Gavin Hartog believed he was transferring money to his client's account but it went to a fraudster Read more »
South Africa: 'Rebuild Pollsmoor Prison', Says TB Expert
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker spoke at the first GroundUp/Bertha House Science for the People seminar Read more »
January 27, 2023
South Africa: Protests Shut Down Queenstown for a Second Day
Protesters want ANC run Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality dissolved Read more »
South Africa: Case of Durban Cops in Court for Regan Naidoo's Death Postponed Yet Again
Naidoo died in police custody in 2018 Read more »