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Ahead of Nirox’s Winter Sculpture Exhibition

Union battles crippling court costs

Workers have a right to be represented but a cost order will destroy this if a Concourt appeal fails

Francis Antonie

The law must rest on solid foundations

The Helen Suzman Foundation’s director has to be selective about which battles it chooses to fight

The protest by EFF MPs during a parliamentary Q&A session on Thursday posed a threat to national security

Spurn activities that will harm our future

South Africans don’t take environmental laws seriously, and it’s the government’s fault

Research by Professor Ursula van Beek and her peers culminated in a unit that looks at democracy globally.

The new guardians of democracy

Stellenbosch University has set up a new unit to investigate the state of global democratic values

Alix Carmichele says despite the marathon court case she was involved in

Victim’s assailant too close for comfort

Woman discovers the man who brutally attacked her now lives in her neighbourhood

African Bank hits hitch in restructuring

The treasury and the lender’s curator are running out of time to appease all the creditors involved.

SA business slammed for rights abuses

The SAHRC has for the first time exposed human rights violations across multiple local sectors.

The state is pushing the law to its limit

Ignoring court orders and firing officials is undermining the fight against crime, analysts say

Employers can deduct money owed to debt collectors from a worker’s salary. These provisions are being challenged in court; the credit industry needs better regulation.

Justice is so much more than just the law

There can be no dignity without access to the social rights enshrined in the Constitution

Mining a threat to holy caves

An Australian company plans to exploit the place of ancestors and healing at Madimatle Mountain.

Reflections on power: Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has raised legitimate concerns.

Savings reform gains momentum

Finance minister sets dates to resolve a key issue of concern and has reassured state employees.

Public service investigation crawls ahead

The first step in a massive project to reform the sector is only set to wrap up in December 2016

A tireless fighter for human rights

A baptism of fire in the violent Eighties and Nineties – including two death threats – served as a spur instead of a deterrent to lawyer Moray Hathorn

A court has ruled that metro officers who could not account for goods confiscated from one street trader were liable to pay compensation.

Municipality impounding informal traders’ goods ‘unlawful’

The eThekwini municipality’s power to impound and confiscate the goods belonging to traders was found to be unconstitutional, invalid and unlawful.

The newly appointed tax ombud Bernard Ngoepe.

Court to decide on releasing death reports of Paarl Print workers

Families have been left in the dark following the sudden death of employees when a Paarl Print burnt down in 2009.

The Helen Suzman Foundation said that “the minister of police’s appeal application enjoys no prospects for success”.

Court orders Hawks head Anwa Dramat be reinstated

The ruling, which is seen as a "resounding victory for the Constitution", must remain in force throughout the police ministry’s appeal process.

Sapa’s homepage.

Sapa staff take case to CCMA

Sapa staff do not agree with getting dismissed and needing to reapply for their jobs.

Sapa

Future uncertain for Sapa staff, as industry tributes pour in

Despite management’s assurances, it has emerged that many Sapa staff were unaware that they would be retrenched and have to reapply for their jobs.

Historic news wire agency Sapa to close down

News wire service, the South African Press Association, will send out its last story at midnight on March 31 2015, its board said on Thursday.

Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants display the bodies of four ‘enemy’ soldiers killed in combat in Kismayo

SA an attractive destination for terrorism funding networks

Lawlessness, government corruption and a range of financing methods make SA ideal for terrorism financing networks, and likely protect it from attack.