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High Court clears 50 former matrics of cheating during 2024 exams

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The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has asked the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate failed farm worker equity schemes (FWES). Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

SIU asked to investigate farm worker equity schemes

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#HeritageMonth | The South Africa we owe our children beyond the Constitution

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The Constitutional Court has struck down the Public Procurement Act that was signed into law in 2024. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Procurement Act struck down by Concourt

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How sanctions are reshaping international arbitration for global companies

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Adrian Mopp named new WC director of Public Prosecutions

15 Sep 2026

Megan Rodgers, managing partner of the CDH Cape Town office

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Shan Radcliffe 14 Sep 2026

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Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara appointed acting head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC)

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New head of the Special Investigating Unit appointed

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"It's commercially sensitive" is no longer enough to block PAIA requests

Ryan Tucker 28 Aug 2026

An attorney has been sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R10,000 fine, half suspended, for delaying a major murder trial by more than a year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Lawyer sentenced for delaying murder trial

Tania Broughton 27 Aug 2026

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Lesetja Mochaki 14 Aug 2026

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Deputy commissioners appointed for Competition Commission

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Shan Radcliffe 13 Aug 2026

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Public comment open: Legal practice and trust law reforms, tougher penalties for illegal mining

13 Aug 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by Numsa. Photo supplied

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The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that public office bearers in Chapter Nine institutions are not “workers” entitled to benefits beyond what is laid down in the relevant statutes. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Chapter 9 commissioners are not workers, High Court rules

Tania Broughton 6 Aug 2026

An acting judge in the Johannesburg High Court will have to explain himself to the Legal Practice Council over the use of fictitious and incorrect legal citations in their judgment. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Acting judge told to explain possible AI ‘hallucinations’ in judgment

Tania Broughton 5 Aug 2026

Webber Wentzel, Linklaters to part ways

Webber Wentzel, Linklaters to part ways

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Small Claims Court limit raised to R30k

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Cox Yeats shortlisted in 3 categories at prestigious awards

Cox Yeats shortlisted in 3 categories at prestigious awards

Cox Yeats 16 Jul 2026

A Judicial Service Commission committee has found a KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge grossly negligent for taking almost a year to provide reasons for a judgment. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb

Judge ordered to apologise to litigants for year-long delay

Tania Broughton 13 Jul 2026

A former awaiting-trial prisoner has been awarded more than R1-million after contracting tuberculosis in Pollsmoor Prison from June 2000 to August 2003. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

21-year court battle over TB in prisons ends in R1m payout

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