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Sentencing pregnant women in Malawi – judge lays down the law

by Carmel Rickard | Apr 2, 2020

The case of a heavily pregnant woman accused of stealing from other women at a shopping centre has given one of Malawi’s judges the chance to re-state the law on sentencing first offenders and those who are pregnant. The judge …Share this:Click to share on...

Thumbs down from Constitutional Court for COVID-19 lockdown challenge

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 30, 2020

No surprises here: the constitutional court, South Africa’s highest judicial forum, has refused an urgent application for direct access from a group that wanted to argue that the COVID-19 lockdown was unlawful. It claimed the virus would not seriously affect...

‘No disaster; no grounds for lockdown’ – bizarre new case launched at Constitutional Court

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 29, 2020

The Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation has launched an application to the Constitutional Court, the highest judicial forum in South Africa. It is asking for direct access to the court so that it may argue that the current lockdown is unconstitutional …Share...

‘Tragic’ coronavirus case: court says it cannot allow man to attend grandfather’s funeral

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 28, 2020

A man whose grandfather was burnt to death in a fire on Friday has been refused permission to travel from his home in Mpumalanga to attend the funeral in the Eastern Cape. The man, Karel van Heerden, brought an urgent …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...

Ten additional Western Cape judges refuse to sit with colleague citing ‘unbecoming behaviour’

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 16, 2020

The scandal around judges of the Western Cape is developing with astonishing speed. Following a dispute between the judge president, John Hlophe, and his deputy, Patricia Goliath, over the latter’s claims relating to the JP’s alleged inappropriate, even...
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