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Media Freedom

Carte Blanche “gagging” order overturned

5 hours

CETA chief executive Malusi Shezi dismisses corruption allegations as smear campaign

Higher Education

CETA chief executive Malusi Shezi dismisses corruption allegations as smear campaign

Issued by K and K Media 22 Apr 2025

An architect’s impression of the proposed retirement complex at Sedgefield. Graphic: Eco Route Environmental Consultancy (Draft Amendment Report).

Land & Property Law

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5m

John Yeld 19 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback

Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax 6 Nov 2024

Newspapers

Understanding the hard-hitting Press Council ruling against Iqbal Survé’s newspapers

Ombud Watcher 12 Aug 2024

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Advertising

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jul 2024

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Labour Law

Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against an abusive surgeon

Tania Broughton 17 Jul 2024

Media

Complaint against Daily Maverick Steinhoff stories dismissed

Ombud Watcher Law 12 Jul 2024

Media

News24 vs Sunday Independent: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling

Ombud Watcher 18 Jun 2024

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Law Practice

Pitfalls of failing to follow rules of court

Jean-Paul Rudd 17 May 2024

Media Freedom

2 Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech

Tunisian newsroom 16 May 2024

Media Freedom

Kaizer Chiefs vs Sunday World: Press Ombud rules against headline

Ombud Watcher Law 7 May 2024

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Land & Property Law

The fallout from false accusations in communal living

Mogamat Saudiq Moerat 8 Apr 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

Judicial Matters Amendment Act signed into law

4 Apr 2024

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Media & Entertainment Law

Defamation suit a warning to all influencers about appropriate conduct

Pierre le Roux 3 Apr 2024

Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award

Film & Cinematography

Runs in the Family: SA movie nominated for Glaad Media Award

Issued by Giant Films 19 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf A new media law will be a dangerous setback for freedom of expression in Lebanon

Media Freedom

New media law a setback for Lebanon's media freedom

8 Dec 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR

Media & Entertainment Law

Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

Media

Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work

Bruce Drushel 2 Nov 2023

Media Freedom

Myanmar photojournalist sentenced to 20 years of hard labour

8 Sep 2023

Education

Calls for applications: Sanef announces international mentorship programme

18 Aug 2023

Both the Constitution and legal precedent allow journalists to publish information that is in the public interest, even if that information was obtained unlawfully. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Media & Entertainment Law

Can journalists publish "stolen" information?

Jacques Louw 18 May 2023

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph (pictured above) / GroundUp

Media & Entertainment Law

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Tania Broughton 1 Mar 2023

Think points on the recent Loeries article: A message from The Loeries to the industry

Loeries Creative Week

Think points on the recent Loeries article: A message from The Loeries to the industry

Issued by Sibusiso Sitole on behalf of the Loeries board 23 Nov 2022

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Media & Entertainment Law

What SA's new internet laws mean for social media indiscretions

Peter Olyott 30 Sep 2022

Retail Services

Trolley assistants at malls pay a "fee" to be allowed to collect tips from shoppers

Tariro Washinyira 8 Sep 2022

Media

Daily Maverick vindicated as it wins defamation case

Tania Broughton 17 Aug 2022

Embarrassing court defeat for Prasa

Legislation & Regulation

Embarrassing court defeat for Prasa

20 Apr 2022

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Media & Entertainment Law

Edit button or no, you could still be sued for that Twitter post

Chanique Rautenbach 8 Apr 2022

A screengrab of Thursday’s virtual Constitutional Court hearing into a R14.25m defamation case brought by Australian mining interests against South African lawyers, activists and a social worker.

Environmental Law

Concourt hears vital defamation case

John Yeld 21 Feb 2022

Artists protest outside the Department of Arts and Culture in Pretoria in May. Photo: Julia Evans/GroundUp

Music

SA music industry exposed: the money is not going to the artists

Niki Moore 29 Nov 2021

Jonathan Shafir

Corporate & Commercial Law

Can a bank offset your debts with money that actually belongs to someone else?

Jonathan Shafir 17 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

Media & Entertainment Law

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

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Media & Entertainment Law

Court grants order to proceed with civil action against Equatorial Guinea blogger

2 Sep 2021

Inside Small Claims Court - processes and procedures

Law Practice

Inside Small Claims Court - processes and procedures

Dakalo Singo 5 Aug 2021

Can you lose your job over a WhatsApp conversation?

Labour Law & Unions

Can you lose your job over a WhatsApp conversation?

Nicol Myburgh 7 Jun 2021

The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof

Criminal Law

The duty to report suspected fraud and the consequences thereof

Corné Lewis 6 Apr 2021

Australian mining executive Mark Caruso, in the snake-skin boots, at a community meeting in Lutzville in February 2019. Archive photo: John Yeld

Mining

Aussie mining company fires Mark Caruso as CEO

6 Apr 2021

Why working as a journalist in Uganda is particularly tough

Media

Why working as a journalist in Uganda is particularly tough

Karen McIntyre and Meghan Sobel Cohen 9 Mar 2021

High Court recognises abuse in Slapp suit

Environmental Law

High Court recognises abuse in Slapp suit

Odette Geldenhuys 15 Feb 2021

The judgement this week by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath is a reminder to corporations that they cannot use the law to silence activists, says the writer. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Mining

Slapp-ing back: Court checks corporate bullying

11 Feb 2021

Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe and Australian mining boss Mark Caruso during the minister’s visit to the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast in February 2019. Photo: John Yeld

Mining

SA-linked Aussie mining executive in trouble with the law at home

John Yeld 6 Oct 2020

R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

Media & Entertainment Law

R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

John Yeld 9 Jun 2020

Media

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

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Newspapers

Veteran journalist Rex Gibson has passed away

15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: How diminishing trust is changing the PR and comms game

Trends

#BizTrends2020: How diminishing trust is changing the PR and comms game

Kevin Welman 13 Jan 2020

Algerian demonstrators chant and wave their country's national flag as they take part in an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on October 15, 2019. Authorities have detained at least three more journalists in recent days. Credit: CPJ/AFP.

Media Freedom

Algeria detains three journalists who covered protests

18 Oct 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

Media Freedom

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

Media Freedom

10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019