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A man walks out of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja, Nigeria, 25 September 2025. Reuters/Marvellous Durowaiye

Criminal Law

Nigeria's Supreme Court allows late appeal in Kano blasphemy case

Camillus Eboh 1 day

Foreigners in SA jails: Deportation is… complicated

Higher Education

Foreigners in SA jails: Deportation is… complicated

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 18 Aug 2025

Human Rights Law

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

Harmony Gold has lost an appeal against a ruling by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in the Labour Court. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 19 Jun 2025

Review: Cape Town Opera’s production of Verdi’s Aida

Theatre

Review: Cape Town Opera’s production of Verdi’s Aida

Debbie Hathway 2 Jun 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poaching continues to decrease

7 Mar 2025

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Criminal Law

Rhino poachers handed prison sentences

27 Jan 2025

Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar 3 Jan 2025

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Environmental Law

Court ruling a warning shot against illegal fishing

10 Dec 2024

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Criminal Law

Does the punishment fit the counterfeit crime? A look at lenient sentencing

Hashiem Logday 29 Nov 2024

Christophe Deloire was the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Source: RSF.

Media Freedom

Meet the world's bravest reporters at CPJ's 34th annual awards, hosted by John Oliver

11 Nov 2024

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Criminal Law

NPA scores Steinhoff victory

27 Sep 2024

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Criminal Law

Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

4 Sep 2024

Source: © CPJ The Basmanny district court in Moscow has convicted Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen of disseminating "fake" information about the Russian military

Media Freedom

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen convicted of disseminating "fake" information

19 Jul 2024

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Criminal Law

Ex-VBS Bank chair pleads guilty, gets 15 years

11 Jul 2024

Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks to his suppoters during the launch of the election manifesto of his new political party, uMkhonto we Sizwe, ahead of a general election on 29 May, at a rally in Soweto, South Africa, 18 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Law Practice

#SAelections24: Zuma disqualified from running for parliament, ConCourt rules

Anait Miridzhanian 20 May 2024

Media

Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for 6 months

Tarek Amara 18 Apr 2024

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Criminal Law

Woman sentenced for R16m theft

9 Apr 2024

Media Freedom

Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

Two Cape High Court judges had to carefully consider parts of speech to decide whether a popular Western Cape phrase violated a court order. Archive photo: Liezl Human / GroundUp

Law Practice

Judges grapple with use of “ma se p...”

Tania Broughton 29 Feb 2024

Media Freedom

Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

The war against cable theft is being won. Source: Kindel Media/Pexels.

Hardware

Telkom and SAPS partnership to fight theft and vandalism sees results

29 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

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Criminal Law

July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma slapped with 12-year jail sentence

30 Nov 2023

Criminal Law

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

Criminal Law

Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

4 Oct 2023

Woman "wrongly" sentenced to 16 years for drug dealing must be immediately released

Legislation & Regulation

Woman "wrongly" sentenced to 16 years for drug dealing must be immediately released

Tania Broughton 11 Sep 2023

Media Freedom

Myanmar photojournalist sentenced to 20 years of hard labour

8 Sep 2023

Advertising

Iraqi man arrested for broadcasting pornography on major advertising screen

22 Aug 2023

Former South African president Jacob Zuma reacts as he addresses a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Criminal Law

Zuma appears at prison, released under remission process

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 11 Aug 2023

Media Freedom

Senegal blocks TikTok in widening clampdown on dissent

Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam 3 Aug 2023

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Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino killings decrease by 11%

1 Aug 2023

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

Construction & Engineering

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

31 Jul 2023

File photo: Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 20 March 2023. Reuters/Rogan Ward/File Photo

Criminal Law

Concourt rules against ex-president Zuma in parole release finding

Wendell Roelf 14 Jul 2023

Media Freedom

Tunisia detains 2 students over satirical song criticising police

Tarek Amara, Angus MacSwan 17 May 2023

File Photo: Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, 15 July 2022. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi

Criminal Law

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

Tarek Amara 16 May 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Criminal Law

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

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Criminal Law

Former Eskom official sentenced to 10 years for fraud, theft

4 May 2023

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Criminal Law

Estina dairy farm tax fraud trial underway

28 Mar 2023

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Criminal Law

NPA official, son convicted for unlawful possession of top-secret information

20 Feb 2023

A magistrate has got it so wrong that a High Court judge has said: “Mistakes such as this have a potential to bring the judiciary into disrepute.” Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

"Bizarre" case reveals that magistrates lack training

Tania Broughton 12 Dec 2022

MultiChoice and Irdeto welcome the second conviction of a perpetrator for selling internet streaming pirate boxes

Streaming

MultiChoice and Irdeto welcome the second conviction of a perpetrator for selling internet streaming pirate boxes

Issued by MultiChoice 7 Dec 2022

Former South African president, Jacob Zuma attends a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Law Practice

SCA orders Zuma back to jail after ruling medical parole unlawful

Wendell Roelf 22 Nov 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

New proposed tobacco bill threatens jail time if kids are sold cigarettes

16 Nov 2022

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Environment & Natural Resources

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Elias Biryabarema 21 Oct 2022

Former South African President Jacob Zuma enters the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 31 January 2022. Jerome Delay/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Criminal Law

Zuma set free after prison term ends

Bhargav Acharya 7 Oct 2022

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Media & Entertainment Law

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

Peter Olyott 30 Sep 2022

Media Freedom

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

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Criminal Law

Hawks investigating over 22,400 cases valued at R1.5tn

23 Aug 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Media Freedom

Media freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022