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Prisoners’ constitutional rights don’t apply in holding cells – police lawyer

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 22, 2013

TOP police officials regularly put their feet where their mouths should be when appearing in person at the Marikana inquiry, but even when their legal representatives speak for them in court they don’t do much better. Just ask Steven Mothoa …Share this:Click to...

Wannabe mining company klapped for ‘flagrant’ breach of court rules

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 14, 2013

THANKS to an invitation from the University of Pretoria I’ve been having fun teaching a law course to journalism honours students. Something we discussed is that legal documents are worth examining for possible stories beyond the issue in dispute. For …Share...

The judge, the Turkish grand dame, the peacock – and the cherry tree

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 7, 2013

This is the story of a judge, a Turkish grande dame, a rich young man, an ostentation of peacocks – and a cherry tree. And like George Washington in the famous story, I do not lie. At the centre of …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...

Let’s name and shame Smithfield’s environmental villains

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 4, 2013

GET your cameras out! At last there’s something ordinary residents of Smithfield – and any visitors to the town – can do about environmental villains as well as law enforcement officials who watch with their arms folded. The ‘Clean and …Share this:Click to...

Attention tourists visiting Smithfield and elsewhere in South Africa: do you want a Tourism Protector?

by Carmel Rickard | Mar 4, 2013

A ‘tourism protector’ is the brainchild of the government’s new draft Tourism Bill. It’s one of the features of the proposed new legislation that could end up establishing a new empire for someone, and costing the earth. But do we …Share this:Click to share on...
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