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Phathutshedzo Mukwevho stands next to the demolished structure of Humbulani Nenzhelele. Photo: Maanda Bele / GroundUp

Land spat highlights tension between traditional and formal lawMaanda Bele

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Understanding the SCA ruling: Breaches that lead to director delinquencyNastascha Harduth and Gaby Wesson

Gauteng High Court judge Letty Molopa-Sethosa delivered a judgment that had been outstanding since August 2022. The case, however, never appeared on any of the judiciary’s reserved judgments reports. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Judge hands down ruling three years lateMarecia Damons

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On-the-road fees in vehicle financing: Impact of SCA ruling on installment sale agreementsArmand Swart

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Age cap unconstitutional: How the ConCourt parental leave ruling affects adoptive parentsSibusiso Dube, Layla Shah, and Jessica Rushmere

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Understanding the SCA ruling: Breaches that lead to director delinquency

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Gauteng High Court judge Letty Molopa-Sethosa delivered a judgment that had been outstanding since August 2022. The case, however, never appeared on any of the judiciary’s reserved judgments reports. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

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

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Age cap unconstitutional: How the ConCourt parental leave ruling affects adoptive parents

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Pharmacists can initiate people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled. Photo: GroundUp Staff

Pharmacists can treat people with HIV, appeal court rules

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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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Transnet secures court order to access withheld CRRC locomotive spares

Nelson Banya 10 Oct 2025

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

10 Oct 2025

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High Court decision highlights WhatsApp messages as pivotal evidence

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ConCourt shortlist: Meet the JSC's 5 nominees

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Paul Dunne — Minerals Council South Africa president and Northam CEO — delivered a keynote address at the 2025 Joburg Indaba in Sandton. Image supplied.

#JoburgIndaba: Can mining growth and transformation co-exist in South Africa?

Maroefah Smith 9 Oct 2025

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Chandni Gopal, Aaqilah Nagdee & Precious Maphupha 9 Oct 2025

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

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

Richard Hoal, Cox Yeats 9 Oct 2025

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The business of Swift and Kelce: A brand match made in IP heaven?

Nishaat Slamdien 8 Oct 2025

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Global Sumud Flotilla: South African activists arrive at OR Tambo

8 Oct 2025

The Land Court has ruled that landowners who wish to apply to the courts for an eviction order must first go through a mediation process. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Landowners must go through mediation before applying for an eviction, court rules

Tania Broughton 7 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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LAC rules reinstatement is not always the remedy to unfair dismissal

Bradley Workman-Davies 6 Oct 2025

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Firearms clauses - a safety catch for insurers against liability

Mtho Maphumulo 6 Oct 2025

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Landmark ConCourt ruling on parental leave and what it means for employers

3 Oct 2025

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Call for comment on Draft Report into alleged eFiling Profile Hijacking

3 Oct 2025

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How the two-pot retirement system changes divorce settlements in South Africa

3 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

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Liquor Amendment Bill moves to ban alcohol advertising

Sabrina de Freitas and Juliet Killick 2 Oct 2025

About 50 members of the Food and Allied Workers Union picketed outside the Labour Court on Tuesday. They had applied to interdict South African Breweries (SAB) from retrenching workers. Photo: Silver Sibiya / GroundUp

Court dismisses bid to stop retrenchment of SA Breweries workers

Silver Sibiya 2 Oct 2025

Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), addresses supporters as he leads a protest towards the Constitutional Court, where the political party is challenging the National Assembly’s rejection of a report that could have led to impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa due to the Phala Phala scandal at his private game farm in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 November 2024. Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

Court finds Malema guilty in 2018 firearm case

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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

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Nigeria pulls plug on TotalEnergies' $860m asset sale to Chappal Energies

Isaac Anyaogu and America Hernandez 25 Sep 2025

People stand outside the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, 22 September 2025. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

3 West African countries announce exit from International Criminal Court

Robbie Corey-Boulet 23 Sep 2025

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The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti 15 Sep 2025

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