Planned new SADC court ‘unconstitutional’ say lawyers

Lawyers say South Africa should not be supporting a planned new regional court that ‘disregards the human rights of individuals’. IN a move of crucial importance for human rights in southern Africa, lawyers are challenging Pretoria’s attempts to join with...

Chief Justice’s regulations declared unconstituitonal

REGULATIONS the chief justice has used to compel retired judges into disclosing their financial interests have been found unconstitutional. This follows a case heard in the high court earlier this week, brought by retired former deputy president of the Supreme...

Urgent need to stop SA ‘traditional child marriages’

THE case of a 14 year old girl abducted, ‘married’ to a man twice her age, locked up and raped, all in the name of traditional practice, has caused shock reaction. The real horror is that this is no one-off …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...