IT’S finally official: adultery is no longer part of South African law and a “wronged spouse” may no longer sue for damages. A unanimous decision by the judges of the Constitutional Court delivered today says that marriage is based on …Share this:Click to share...
ESKOM has been given court approval to cut power to a defaulting municipality that owes at least R275 million in overdue electricity bills. In an urgent application the Ngwathe Local Municipality, including the Free State towns of Parys, Edenvale, Heilbron,...
DON’T be deceived: given the constraints of enforced brevity, covering a court case via Twitter can be extremely difficult and stressful. Among other problems you risk reducing the hearing to a series of soundbites. And even if you get the …Share this:Click to...
NO-ONE could have been surprised, when, in December 2005, the South African Constitutional Court held that same sex couples had a right to marry. Angry and affronted, perhaps, but not surprised. That’s because our constitution makes it clear we can’t …Share...
YOU would imagine, wouldn’t you, that once the court battles over a land claim were sorted and an award was made returning the land to the people who originally lived on it, their legal troubles would be over. Surely this …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
