Jul
28
2022
The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation seeks to defend the rights of Zimbabweans living in South Africa
By Tania Broughton
The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation is to challenge the decision by the South African government to scrap permits for Zimbabweans.
The federation says the permit system was a solution that substantially reduced pressure on asylum management and curbed the ineffective deportation of Zimbabweans.
It...
Mar
25
2022
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute says that Johannesburg’s Central Magistrate’s Court is often not applying the relevant laws
By Masego Mafata
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) has analysed 47 of the 65 evictions granted by the Johannesburg Central Magistrate’s Court from 2013 to 2018.
Most of the cases were over non-payment of a monthly rental.
In the vast majority...
Mar
03
2022
An employer cannot interdict striking workers as a group if some of those on strike commit violence
By Geoffrey Allsop
The Constitutional Court has ruled that an employer cannot interdict striking workers as a group if some of those on strike commit violence
To allow a broad interdict without proving that specific people in the group acted unlawfully would infringe on...
Aug
30
2021
Municipality has tried to back out of settlement to buy unlawfully occupied buildings
By Tania Broughton
An agreement made an order of the court last year required the City of Ekurhuleni to buy 16 unlawfully occupied buildings using provincial funds.
The agreement put an end to years of legal wrangling between the City, the province, the occupiers and the owners of...
Mar
17
2021
Judge Desai found that South African Human Rights Commission monitors trying to enter the site were acting lawfully
By James Stent
The Western Cape High Court has criticised the City of Cape Town for its treatment of human rights monitors at its camp for homeless people in Strandfontein.
The court also dismissed interdicts granted to the City last year which prevented...
Mar
08
2021
Activists picketed outside the department’s regional office in Cape Town on Monday to demand better upgrades
By Mary-Anne Gontsana
Rape Crisis and supporters protested in Cape Town on Monday.
They want the Justice department to fulfil its promise to make services at the sexual offences court in Khayelitsha safer and more accessible to all survivors.
The department says it has made...
Feb
23
2021
The court overturned a will written 119 years ago which stipulated that only male descendants could inherit
By Tania Broughton
The Constitutional Court last week overturned a clause in a will written 119 years ago, which specified that only male descendants could inherit the family’s farms and properties.
At the heart of the matter was the issue of freedom of testation in private...
Feb
08
2021
Rape survivor argues police did not investigate properly
By Tania Broughton
On Tuesday the Constitutional Court will hear the case of Ms K, who was repeatedly raped in Port Elizabeth in 2010.
She argues that the police failed to act fast enough or to investigate her case properly.
She won damages in the Port Elizabeth High Court but the Supreme Court...
Dec
07
2020
But the CEO of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services can still be disciplined by the Justice Department
By Tania Broughton
The Constitutional Court has confirmed, in part, that the law affecting the independence of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services falls foul of the Constitution.
Parliament now has 24 months to amend provisions of the Correctional Services Act which effectively makes the...
Nov
23
2020
The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively.
By Musawenkosi Cabe
“It’s unbelievable. We feel like flying, we are so happy. I nearly broke into song inside , breaking the law…” These were the words of 77-year-old Eunice Dhladhla,...