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Assaults on learners: Appeal court says tougher sanctions must apply to teachers
Education
Assaults on learners: Appeal court says tougher sanctions must apply to teachers

Tania Broughton 10 Apr 2024

BAT South Africa scales down delivery supply chain as illicit trade hits record highs
Retail
BAT South Africa scales down delivery supply chain as illicit trade hits record highs

2 Apr 2024

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Legal
President to puff, puff, pass Cannabis Bill into law

Ramon Pereira 20 Mar 2024

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has turned to the Constitutional Court in his bid to appeal against a Pretoria High Court judgment that found the process he used to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme was neither fair nor lawful. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp
Legal
Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court

Tania Broughton 6 Mar 2024

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme will not end any time soon, following a Supreme Court of Appeal dismissal of the Minister of Home Affairs’ request for leave to appeal. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp
Legal
SCA dismisses bid to appeal Zim permits ruling

Tania Broughton 23 Feb 2024

A case before the Constitutional Court could introduce a new era of customary law. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
Legal
Limpopo royal family feud could change customary law

Anton van Zyl 22 Feb 2024

Johan Botes, Partner and Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
Legal
#BizTrends2024: Adapting to change and the growing call for DEI

Johan Botes 18 Jan 2024

About 700,000 IDs have been blocked by the Department of Home Affairs without due process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp
Legal
Home Affairs may no longer block your ID on a whim, court rules

Tania Broughton 17 Jan 2024

Chloë Loubser, knowledge and learning lawyer in Bowmans’ Cape Town office Employment and Benefits Practice
Legal
#BizTrends2024: Key legislative developments and their impact on employment

Chloë Loubser 15 Jan 2024

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not renewed their visas within a month of expiry are considered to have permanently abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp
Legal
Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

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Healthcare
NCOP's NHI approval: No surprise here

Mike Settas 12 Dec 2023

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Healthcare
BUSA and B4SA challenge "unconstitutional" NHI Bill

7 Dec 2023

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Friday that holders of the Lesotho Exemption Permit and the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit will be allowed to remain legally in South Africa until 29 November 2025. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira | GoundUp
Legal
Two-year extension for Zimbabwe and Lesotho permit holders

Joseph Chirume 4 Dec 2023

The Constitutional Court has not yet issued judgment on a crucial case about next year’s election. The case was heard in August. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan | GroundUp
Legal
Constitutional Court accused of taking too long to rule on crucial election case

Tania Broughton 29 Nov 2023

File photo: The Nairobi skyline is seen in the background as zebras walk through the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2018. Reuters/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Legal
UPDATED: Kenyan court strikes down housing levy in finance law

Humphrey Malalo and Bhargav Acharya 28 Nov 2023

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Healthcare
Rubber stamping NHI Bill will have damaging consequences for SA for generations

27 Nov 2023

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Healthcare
"Business must stop grovelling and realise its power to oppose NHI"

David Ansara 22 Nov 2023

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Legal
Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

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Legal
SIU welcomes R185m SABC security tender court ruling

12 Oct 2023

The Pretoria High Court will hear a matter this week in which Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to Home Affairs’s “arbitrary” ID blocking practice. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp
Legal
Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
Legal
Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

Humphrey Malalo and Hereward Holland 28 Jul 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Industry ombud to host CSOS Indaba for community scheme stakeholders
Property
Industry ombud to host CSOS Indaba for community scheme stakeholders

26 Jul 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
National environmental management laws now in force

Garyn Rapson, Tsoseletso Bogopa, and Hassan Mahlawe 6 Jul 2023

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Legal
ZEP termination decision invalid and unconstitutional

Hedda Schensema and Taryn York 30 Jun 2023

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Legal
Cabinet approves publication of Draft Marriage Bill

23 Jun 2023

Alarm raised over increasing municipality rates that contravene Treasury guidelines
Property
Alarm raised over increasing municipality rates that contravene Treasury guidelines

15 Jun 2023

South Africans who lost their citizenship after gaining citizenship of another country can once again obtain a South African passport. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp
Legal
Lost citizens welcomed back by Supreme Court of Appeal

Tania Broughton 15 Jun 2023

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Legal
Transparency triumphs as Concourt rules sections of PAIA, Tax Admin Act unconstitutional

31 May 2023

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Energy & Mining
#EnlitAfrica2023: Tackling the toughest questions around nuclear power in SA

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

More than 3.2 million South Africans may become spouses in 2023
Legal
More than 3.2 million South Africans may become spouses in 2023

Kenrick Newport, Issued by Capital Legacy 21 Apr 2023

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Legal
President signs Electoral Amendment Bill into law

17 Apr 2023

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Healthcare
NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

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Healthcare
Consider more than 200 hospitals for possible exclusion from load shedding, legal team says

27 Feb 2023

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Legal
Electoral Amendment Bill sent to the President for assent

24 Feb 2023

The Western Cape High Court declared sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. The sections provide that asylum seekers who do not renew their visas within one month of the date of expiry are considered to have abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp
Legal
High Court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

Tania Broughton 21 Feb 2023

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Legal
Court rules on unwed fathers

Tania Broughton 18 Jan 2023

New law planned to speed up power projects
Energy & Mining
New law planned to speed up power projects

Carien du Plessis 17 Jan 2023

British American Tobacco South Africa proposes restructuring, 200 jobs at risk
Retail
British American Tobacco South Africa proposes restructuring, 200 jobs at risk

Nqobile Dludla 16 Jan 2023

CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'
Finance
CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'

Rachel Savage and Elizabeth Howcroft 20 Dec 2022

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Legal
Copyright Amendment Bill: Battles on multiple fronts

Thato Moloto 6 Dec 2022

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Legal
Does Sars have a right to intervene in review applications stemming from criminal proceedings?

Virusha Subban and Jarryd Hartley 5 Dec 2022

Former South African president, Jacob Zuma attends a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Legal
SCA orders Zuma back to jail after ruling medical parole unlawful

Wendell Roelf 22 Nov 2022

Equal Education and the South African Democratic Teachers Union have taken the Western Cape Education Department to court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp
Education
Equal Education challenges new Western Cape act in court

Daniel Steyn 4 Nov 2022

The SCA on Tuesday rejected Siyangena Technologies’ appeal bid. Archive photo of Siyangena’s so-called “speed gates” at Cape Town Station. Photo: Kim Reynolds/GroundUp
Legal
Appeal court trashes Siyangena's R5.5bn appeal bid

Tania Broughton 2 Nov 2022

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Legal
National Assembly approves Electoral Amendment Bill

21 Oct 2022

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Legal
Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

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Legal
Suspended DPE DG loses court bid

14 Oct 2022

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Legal
Landmark judgment a win for SA's blind community

Ian Jacobsberg 22 Sep 2022

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Legal
Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional

Tania Broughton 22 Sep 2022

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