No fewer than five South African advocates have found themselves on the wrong side of the immigration laws in Namibia over the last weeks. The first to experience the rough edge of Namibia’s immigration law or its regulations was Cape …Share this:Click to share...
A recently-delivered judgment from the high court in Uganda has made judicial history: the judge held that, under some circumstances, a company ‘dissolved’ as part of insolvency proceedings could be brought back to life, as it were, and the official …Share...
Already under severe criticism for his stance on new taxes and the brutal suppression by police of protests against the scheme, Kenya’s president William Ruto must now come to terms with yet another setback, this time from the courts. He …Share this:Click to...
For some time, Zimbabwe’s courts have been regarded with great concern by human rights organisations because of their apparent lack of independence from government, and their tendency to deliver decisions that suit the needs of the ruling party. In fact, …Share...
Eswatini’s anti-corruption commission (ACC) has been in a state of virtual paralysis since 2016, following a decision by the chief justice, Bheki Maphalala. The commission interpreted the CJ’s comments that the wide-ranging powers given to the commission in terms of...
A major new judgment from a full bench of the high court in Namibia has set aside that country’s common law crimes of sodomy and unnatural sexual offences. The court found them both unconstitutional and invalid, and said they made …Share this:Click to share on...
