Legal News

#YouthMonth

Honouring the youth: A celebration of courage, commitment, and change

Michelle Lourens, IMA’s ‘Swiss army knife’, joins Cannes Lions Open Chair Programme

Karabo Ledwaba

Learnerships: The antidote to youth unemployment, skills mismatch

Anton Visser

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Multimedia

All Galleries Audios Videos

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Student Village's Ronen Aires - Gen Z's disruption of the world

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

US President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a "Summer Soiree" held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, 4 June 2025. Reuters/Leah Millis

Trump reinstates US travel ban, bars citizens of 12 countriesJeff Mason and Nandita Bose

Image source: nito500 –

Sedumedi’s R2.3m victory: A costly lesson in vague contractsJacques van Wyk and Mike Searle

Archived image: A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa, 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

2021 July unrest suspects appear in court

Image source: Elnur Amikishiyev –

Restraint of trade agreements: Blanket ban backfires in Labour CourtRiona Kalua

The Labour Court of Appeal has ruled that the Simunye Workers Forum fails to comply with the Labour Relations Act for registration as a union. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a unionTania Broughton

Image source: Christos Georghiou from

Court voids over R2.2m in payments during Wheatcor's liquidation proceedingsLara Horne and Werner Lotter

Image source: tumsasedgars –

Why a sick note won't get you out of a disciplinary hearing

By Sibusiso Dube 2 hours

Image source: nito500 –

Sedumedi’s R2.3m victory: A costly lesson in vague contracts

By Jacques van Wyk and Mike Searle 22 hours

More news

Source:

Legal Practice Council administrator accused of corruption loses Labour Court bid

Tania Broughton 2 May 2025

Source:

People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

Eike Schneiders, Joshua Krook and Tina Seabrooke 30 Apr 2025

Source:

Judge delivers judgment — after 12 years

Marecia Damons 29 Apr 2025

Wrapping up lives, not estates

Wrapping up lives, not estates

Capital Legacy 29 Apr 2025

ARB Ruling: Cape Flair called out for marketing as local

ARB Ruling: Cape Flair called out for marketing as local

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Apr 2025

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that crimes from the apartheid era can be prosecuted. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 25 Apr 2025

Source:

FSCA proposes new reporting and disclosure requirements for short sales

25 Apr 2025

Western Cape schools admission policy challenged in court

Western Cape schools admission policy challenged in court

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 24 Apr 2025

FSCA penalises African Bank for misleading “investment” advertisement

FSCA penalises African Bank for misleading “investment” advertisement

24 Apr 2025

Source: Sameer Kumandan, managing director of SearchWorks360.

Why microlenders are under the regulatory spotlight

Sameer Kumandan 24 Apr 2025

Further work on the Botsmaskop Fynbos Estate has been halted by the Western Cape High Court. Photo from an appendix in court papers.

Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

John Yeld 23 Apr 2025

Source:

Best Lawyers forms advisory board to address evolving demands in legal marketing

23 Apr 2025

Source:

Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

Tidjane Thiam, president of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire), speaks during a meeting as the country prepares for the presidential election in Yopougon, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago/File.

Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam's name off electoral roll over French nationality

Reuters 23 Apr 2025

Source: GCIS. Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

High stakes as DA and EFF unite to challenge upcoming VAT hike in the Western Cape High Court

22 Apr 2025

Opposition leader Kizza Besigye stands in a steel dock at the Uganda Military General Court Martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda 2 December 2024. Source: Reuters, Abubaker Lubowa.

Uganda plans law to allow military prosecution of civilians

22 Apr 2025

Source:

How a missed deadline keeps Bafana Bafana's World Cup hopes alive

Lesedi Mphahlele and Sello Ramanyana 22 Apr 2025

Source: GCIS. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Godongwana defends VAT increase, saying ‘severe consequences’ await if hike is suspended

Estelle Ellis, Suné Payne, Lerato Mutsila & Ethan van Diemen 21 Apr 2025

Source: SANews.gov.za

Reserve Bank halts Sassa card switch, sparking concern among grant recipients

17 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Despite substantial public investment in the refurbishment of 1 Military Hospital in Tshwane, the facility remains incomplete — a consequence of persistent maladministration and alleged corruption.

Corruption and neglect: Why South Africa's premier military hospital is still incomplete

16 Apr 2025

Are local businesses ready for the new Employment Equity Regulations?

Are local businesses ready for the new Employment Equity Regulations?

16 Apr 2025

Source:

Will Meta be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp in FTC trial?

16 Apr 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

Silver Sibiya 16 Apr 2025

The woman allegedly hired a gang to carry out the shooting.

Woman faces murder charge for alleged gang-related shooting in Cape Town's Wynberg Court

15 Apr 2025

Source:

Supreme court ruling: lapsed contracts can't be revived without written reinstatement

Jaco van der Westhuizen 15 Apr 2025

Source:

South Africa arrests 240 in construction mafia crackdown

15 Apr 2025

Source: Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

Source:

Tribunal dismisses MultiChoice’s bid to halt merger case with SABC

14 Apr 2025

Grant Smee, CEO of Only Realty Property Group

Property over partner: The new South African trend among millennials

14 Apr 2025

Investing in the Lobito Corridor: Focus on ESG-related disputes

Investing in the Lobito Corridor: Focus on ESG-related disputes

Priyesh Daya, Nick Alp, Brittany Leroni and Litha Raziya 14 Apr 2025

Africa news

Tidjane Thiam, president of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire), speaks during a meeting as the country prepares for the presidential election in Yopougon, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago/File.

Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam's name off electoral roll over French nationality

Reuters 23 Apr 2025

Opposition leader Kizza Besigye stands in a steel dock at the Uganda Military General Court Martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda 2 December 2024. Source: Reuters, Abubaker Lubowa.

Uganda plans law to allow military prosecution of civilians

22 Apr 2025

Mauritius Minister of Finance Renganaden Padayachy arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, 17 February 2022. John Thys/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Former Mauritius central bank governor charged with fraud, released on bail

Villen Anganan and Hereward Holland 10 Apr 2025

Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

Hereward Holland 7 Apr 2025