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

Human Rights Law

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

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 7 Aug 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

Immigration & Citizenship Law

New Zimbabwe permit court showdown looming

Tania Broughton 9 Jun 2025

Public Health

Gauteng High Court orders urgent action to address cancer treatment backlog in public hospitals

Tamsin Metelerkamp 7 Apr 2025

End of an era for Drip Footwear: footwear retailer enters liquidation, laying off employees

Retailers

End of an era for Drip Footwear: footwear retailer enters liquidation, laying off employees

9 Oct 2024

Slowly the State Capture prosecution is moving forward.

Construction & Engineering

High Court orders liquidation of Indiwize Construction

Lindsey Schutters 15 Aug 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Accounting & Auditing

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

Financial services company ordered to pay client more than R800k lost in cybercrime fraud

Cybersecurity

Financial services company ordered to pay client more than R800k lost in cybercrime fraud

Tania Broughton 3 Apr 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson hit with South African civil lawsuit

25 Oct 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

High Court confirms 3Sixty Life curatorship

5 Oct 2022

Medical Aid

Well-known medical scheme under liquidation

13 Sep 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Are verbal cessions enforceable in court?

Ryszard Lisinski 11 Aug 2022

Source: © moneywebco.za Sanef has strongly condemned former SAA board chairperson, Dudu Myeni, for her alleged assault on a photographer

Media Freedom

Sanef appalled by assault on the Times' photographer by Dudu Myeni

13 Apr 2022

Court orders NAC to fulfil R8m payment to National Arts Festival

Art

Court orders NAC to fulfil R8m payment to National Arts Festival

22 Jun 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Doing a slider into number one spot

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Doing a slider into number one spot

Brendan Seery 1 Jun 2021

National Arts Council ordered to pay National Arts Fest R3.4m within 3 days

Theatre

National Arts Council ordered to pay National Arts Fest R3.4m within 3 days

1 Apr 2021

Contract termination vs employee dismissal - how are they interrelated?

Labour Law

Contract termination vs employee dismissal - how are they interrelated?

Bradley Workman-Davies 23 Jan 2020

Apartheid-era death of human rights activist under fresh scrutiny, almost 40 years later

Human Rights Law

Apartheid-era death of human rights activist under fresh scrutiny, almost 40 years later

26 Sep 2019

Media

News making headlines in SA

23 Sep 2019

Nomsa Motshegare, chief executive officer of the NCR

Banking

High Court rules in favour of the NCR on common law set-off

2 Jul 2019

Media

Acumen Media's weekly news roundup

31 May 2019

Baby Daniel's stepfather found guilty of murder

Criminal Law

Baby Daniel's stepfather found guilty of murder

21 Dec 2018

Divorce order vs Divorce Act: pension payouts when married out of community of property

Law Practice

Divorce order vs Divorce Act: pension payouts when married out of community of property

25 Apr 2018

Photo: Bombardier Business Aircraft

Banking

Guptas: bank refuses to take our money

7 Mar 2018

Canadian bank seeks to ground Gupta aircraft

Criminal Law

Canadian bank seeks to ground Gupta aircraft

Stephan Hofstatter and Genevieve Quintal 21 Feb 2018

MTN wants lawsuit dropped

Corporate & Commercial Law

MTN wants lawsuit dropped

1 Nov 2017

Only the board can appoint SABC executives

Labour Law

Only the board can appoint SABC executives

18 Oct 2017

Media Freedom

Sanef, BLF back at it

8 Aug 2017

AmaBhungane condemns BLF disruption at #GuptaLeaks media gathering

Media Freedom

AmaBhungane condemns BLF disruption at #GuptaLeaks media gathering

Kgaugelo Masweneng 28 Jul 2017

Mercantile's role in the liquidation of Alert Steel heads to court

Materials & Equipment

Mercantile's role in the liquidation of Alert Steel heads to court

Robert Laing 11 Jul 2017

Acsa gets acting finance head

Aviation

Acsa gets acting finance head

Karl Gernetzky 13 Jan 2017

Malindi rejects ANC capture

Law Practice

Malindi rejects ANC capture

Franny Rabkin 6 Oct 2016

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Aviation

SAA loses lawsuit, must pay R104.6m

Franny Rabkin 10 Aug 2016

Book stacked for distribution at an Exclusive Books holding warehouse in Cape Town. Exclusive is fighting to hold on to its stores in the OR Tambo and Cape Town airports.
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Retailers

Exclusive Books readies for next court fight to keep airport stores

Hilary Joffe 29 Jun 2016

Prasa files lawsuit to recoup money spent on locomotives

Corporate & Commercial Law

Prasa files lawsuit to recoup money spent on locomotives

Ernest Mabuza 17 Jun 2016

Procurement starts for modernising Prasa rail network

Railway

Procurement starts for modernising Prasa rail network

Andiswa Maqutu 26 Apr 2016

Legality of municipal disconnections

Land & Property Law

Legality of municipal disconnections

Chantelle Gladwin and Rogan Heale 29 Mar 2016

Nationwide hits broke SAA with damages suit

Aviation

Nationwide hits broke SAA with damages suit

2 Feb 2016

Gareth Cliff wins mammoth lawsuit against M-Net

Media

Gareth Cliff wins mammoth lawsuit against M-Net

29 Jan 2016

SAA and Prasa both facing another bumpy ride this year

Logistics & Transport

SAA and Prasa both facing another bumpy ride this year

Andiswa Maqutu 8 Jan 2016

Ferro Metals turns to court for a ruling on its tailings supplies

Mining

Ferro Metals turns to court for a ruling on its tailings supplies

Charlotte Mathews 11 Jan 2016

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Railway

New trains to wait for infrastructure upgrades

7 Jan 2016

Court rules SAA legal note can stay public

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Court rules SAA legal note can stay public

Franny Rabkin 21 Dec 2015

NGOs apply to intervene in possible gold mine class action suit

Energy & Mining

NGOs apply to intervene in possible gold mine class action suit

Ahmed Areff 21 Aug 2015

Financial-news websites face off in high court

Corporate & Commercial Law

Financial-news websites face off in high court

12 May 2015

Makate loses 'Please Call Me' case against Vodacom

Corporate & Commercial Law

Makate loses 'Please Call Me' case against Vodacom

Ernest Mabuza 3 Jul 2014

Netcare is 'seeking to silence KPMG'

Corporate & Commercial Law

Netcare is 'seeking to silence KPMG'

Ernest Mabuza 23 May 2014

No more SABC for Zimbabwe

TV

No more SABC for Zimbabwe

4 Jul 2013

Advertising

Judgment reserved on airport ad

Jenni Evans 29 May 2013

'Dem bones, dem bones, dem lion bones...'

Media Freedom

'Dem bones, dem bones, dem lion bones...'

Rod Baker 28 May 2013