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By Odwa Abraham and Lamiah Casoo 11 Dec 2025

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Western Cape Education department to develop a proper management plan within six months to deal with late school admissions. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Court lambasts WCED, orders it to fix late school admissions

By Tania Broughton 2 Dec 2025

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Authorising transactions: Why directors can’t afford to get it wrong

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The sum of scattered parts: What constitutes the contract of insurance?

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21 Nov 2025

Cox Yeats recognised in the 17th edition of Best Lawyers in South Africa

Cox Yeats Cox Yeats recognised in the 17th edition of Best Lawyers in South Africa

14 Nov 2025

#UnboxingDay 26 December! Win your year’s presence on Biz!

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12 Nov 2025

Are you leading your business into an AI-ready future, ethically?

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7 Nov 2025

Redefining recovery: Zethu Ntanzi’s strategic voice in business rescue

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7 Nov 2025

From compliance to cooperation: What the GCC 2025 means for contractors and employers

Cox Yeats From compliance to cooperation: What the GCC 2025 means for contractors and employers

31 Oct 2025

BizTrends2026 | Heralding the holidays

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27 Oct 2025

Can a JBCC contract be cancelled where there is no principal agent?

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9 Oct 2025

Capitec launches client-led ‘Bank on better’ campaign

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South African expats in the UK weighing their options

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Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis 27 Nov 2025

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Transgender prisoner wins right to hormone therapy

11 Nov 2025

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Gender Commission lambasts "violent nature" of Mchunu's anti-LGBTQIA+ comments

13 Oct 2025

Activists have welcomed the extension of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) and the Lesotho Exemption Permit (LEP) by another 18 months. This announcement has come as a welcome relief to many families. Graphic: Lisa Nelson/GroundUp

Zimbabwe and Lesotho permits extended to May 2027

Joseph Chirume 10 Oct 2025

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SAHRC orders Ngizwe Mchunu to apologise for anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

10 Oct 2025

Mandla Mandela adressing the media after arriving home from detention in Israel. Image credit: Screenshot/SABC News

Global Sumud Flotilla: South African activists arrive at OR Tambo

8 Oct 2025

Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, prepares to board a flight to Tunisia to join the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 3, 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Siyabonga Sishi/File Photo

Global Sumud Flotilla: South African detainees arrive in Jordan

7 Oct 2025

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Govt condemns Ngizwe Mchunu's hateful anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks

3 Oct 2025

Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, prepares to board a flight to Tunisia to join the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 3, 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Siyabonga Sishi/File Photo

Global Sumud Flotilla: South Africa calls for release of activists

2 Oct 2025

Source: The Polihali Dam wall under construction. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi.

Villagers lodge complaint with African Development Bank against Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Sechaba Mokhethi 29 Sep 2025

A man walks out of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja, Nigeria, 25 September 2025. Reuters/Marvellous Durowaiye

Nigeria's Supreme Court allows late appeal in Kano blasphemy case

Camillus Eboh 26 Sep 2025

Sex workers will have a respite from prosecution until a court case that will determine whether sex work should be decriminalised concludes. The case may take years. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

Liezl Human 5 Sep 2025

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Burkina Faso outlaws LGBTQ practices

Reuters reporters 2 Sep 2025

Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court, after a hearing was postponed, in Mbabane, Eswatini, 22 August 2025. Reuters/Zakhele Mabuza

Eswatini government faces court challenge for accepting US deportees

Nellie Peyton 25 Aug 2025

Julius Malema took Kenny Kunene to court, accusing Kunene of hate speech. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 7 Aug 2025

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Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

An employee shows a Hershey's chocolate bar made in USA in the "American lifestyle" store in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2018. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel 24 Jul 2025

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High Court orders Meta to shut down accounts linked to child sexual abuse

16 Jul 2025

Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

A constitutional court case brought by communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is to be heard by the Lesotho High Court. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

The human cost of SA’s water lifeline: Lesotho communities go to court

Sechaba Mokhethi 14 Jul 2025

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Historic win for Caster Semenya in European human rights court

11 Jul 2025

Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Can citizens take action against the state to maintain critical infrastructure?

Richard Hoal, Cox Yeats 2 Jul 2025

Anelisa Zungu, candidate attorney at Herold Gie Attorneys

#YouthMonth: 'Change happens when young people believe their voices matter' - Anelisa Zungu

Shan Radcliffe 13 Jun 2025

Parliament recently heard submissions on the One-Stop Border Post Bill. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

Jan Bornman 11 Jun 2025

ZEP holders have won another court victory against the Minister of Home Affairs, but their legal battle to stay in South Africa is far from over. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

New Zimbabwe permit court showdown looming

Tania Broughton 9 Jun 2025

Blind SA went to the high courts in Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg to appoint curators for two special schools it says are failing to adequately provide for learners with disabilities. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilities

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 9 Jun 2025

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