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Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèchesJoseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

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Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

23 Mar 2022

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning 22 Mar 2022

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Should anticompetitive conduct be treated as a human rights infringement?

Lerisha Naidu and Sphesihle Nxumalo 18 Mar 2022

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Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

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New anti-GBV legislation to provide victims more protection

31 Jan 2022

Image: A participant holds a rainbow flag during the WorldPride in Copenhagen, Denmark 21 August 2021. Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Namibian court rules against gay couples seeking legal recognition

Nyasha Francis Nyaungwa and Emma Rumney 27 Jan 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

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PoPIA and the legal position of publishing matric results

Nadine Mather 12 Jan 2022

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Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

13 Dec 2021

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

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Ken Chan 12 Nov 2021

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Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons - a Constitutional right

8 Nov 2021

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

20 Oct 2021

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Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

The Western Cape High Court has refused to interdict Anglican priest June Dolley-Major from claiming that fellow priest Melvin Booysen raped her. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

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SAHRC to intervene in Semenya case

3 Sep 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

Shan Radcliffe 24 Aug 2021

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Commissioner for Gender Equality suspended

16 Aug 2021

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"This is hate speech" - ConCourt rules

Dakalo Singo 4 Aug 2021

Robert Legh. Bowmans chair and senior partner

RIP: Robert Legh

6 Jul 2021

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Dr Claire Westman 21 May 2021

The Western Cape High Court is to oversee progress towards the opening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Judge to oversee plan to re-open Cape Town Refugee Reception Office

Tariro Washinyira 19 May 2021

Bathabile Dlamini, former minister of social development

Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs

Liezl Human 14 May 2021

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South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

Mark Deng 13 May 2021

The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock

Choosing Lesotho's judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms

Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021

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