Jul
29
2021
Activists question legality of confiscating food from poor households
By Masego Mafata
Police are going door-to-door in townships to reclaim goods believed to be looted during the unrest in Gauteng.
Many people we spoke to say food items were removed from their homes and furniture damaged during the raids.
Civil society groups have said that not all of the confiscations are...
Jul
12
2021
The bill would establish two new courts: a Land Court and Land Court of Appeal
By Geoffrey Allsop
A new Land Court Bill aims to speed up land reform by addressing the slow processing of land claims by the Land Claims Court. The new bill seeks to give effect to recommendations of the 2019 Report by the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and...
Jul
05
2021
Minister Motshekga and eight provincial education MECs in contempt of court, says NGO
By Tania Broughton
Millions of children depend on the national school feeding scheme for a daily meal, but a significant number of them are not getting fed.
Last year, the court ordered the education authorities to develop practical plans to rectify this situation and to report back to...