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GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisationsMasego Mafata

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

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New anti-GBV legislation to provide victims more protection

31 Jan 2022

Image: A participant holds a rainbow flag during the WorldPride in Copenhagen, Denmark 21 August 2021. Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Namibian court rules against gay couples seeking legal recognition

Nyasha Francis Nyaungwa and Emma Rumney 27 Jan 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

Image source: © Auttapon Moonsawad –

PoPIA and the legal position of publishing matric results

Nadine Mather 12 Jan 2022

This photograph was published on Facebook by conservationist Bool Smuts to expose how a farm owner was capturing and killing baboons and other wildlife. Copied as fair use.

Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

13 Dec 2021

A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Ken Chan 12 Nov 2021

Image source: Anete Lusina from

Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons - a Constitutional right

8 Nov 2021

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

20 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

The Western Cape High Court has refused to interdict Anglican priest June Dolley-Major from claiming that fellow priest Melvin Booysen raped her. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

Source: celsopupo –

SAHRC to intervene in Semenya case

3 Sep 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

Shan Radcliffe 24 Aug 2021

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Commissioner for Gender Equality suspended

16 Aug 2021

Source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

"This is hate speech" - ConCourt rules

Dakalo Singo 4 Aug 2021

Robert Legh. Bowmans chair and senior partner

RIP: Robert Legh

6 Jul 2021

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Dr Claire Westman 21 May 2021

The Western Cape High Court is to oversee progress towards the opening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Judge to oversee plan to re-open Cape Town Refugee Reception Office

Tariro Washinyira 19 May 2021

Bathabile Dlamini, former minister of social development

Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs

Liezl Human 14 May 2021

The separation of powers is critical for good governance. Yellow Dog Productions/The Image Bank

South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

Mark Deng 13 May 2021

The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock

Choosing Lesotho's judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms

Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021

The community of Xolobeni village, in the Eastern Cape, succeesfully challenged the mining of their land in the High Court in 2018. Rogan Ward © Sunday Times.

Law protecting interests of South African communities in mining deals falls short

14 Apr 2021

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Jackie Rhodes & Kamal Patel, Juta and Company 13 Apr 2021

Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter

Eskom to probe racism allegations against De Ruyter

10 Mar 2021

Dumisa Ntsebeza

Advocate Ntsebeza appointed new judge of African Court

10 Feb 2021

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Image source: © ammentorp –

New anti-GBV legislation to provide victims more protection

31 Jan 2022

Image: A participant holds a rainbow flag during the WorldPride in Copenhagen, Denmark 21 August 2021. Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Namibian court rules against gay couples seeking legal recognition

Nyasha Francis Nyaungwa and Emma Rumney 27 Jan 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

Image source: © Auttapon Moonsawad –

PoPIA and the legal position of publishing matric results

Nadine Mather 12 Jan 2022

This photograph was published on Facebook by conservationist Bool Smuts to expose how a farm owner was capturing and killing baboons and other wildlife. Copied as fair use.

Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

13 Dec 2021

A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Ken Chan 12 Nov 2021

Image source: Anete Lusina from

Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons - a Constitutional right

8 Nov 2021

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

20 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

The Western Cape High Court has refused to interdict Anglican priest June Dolley-Major from claiming that fellow priest Melvin Booysen raped her. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

Source: celsopupo –

SAHRC to intervene in Semenya case

3 Sep 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

Shan Radcliffe 24 Aug 2021

Source: chase4concept –

Commissioner for Gender Equality suspended

16 Aug 2021

Source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

"This is hate speech" - ConCourt rules

Dakalo Singo 4 Aug 2021

Robert Legh. Bowmans chair and senior partner

RIP: Robert Legh

6 Jul 2021

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Dr Claire Westman 21 May 2021

The Western Cape High Court is to oversee progress towards the opening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Judge to oversee plan to re-open Cape Town Refugee Reception Office

Tariro Washinyira 19 May 2021

Bathabile Dlamini, former minister of social development

Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs

Liezl Human 14 May 2021

The separation of powers is critical for good governance. Yellow Dog Productions/The Image Bank

South Sudan's chief justice is overstepping his bounds: why it matters for the rule of law

Mark Deng 13 May 2021

The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock

Choosing Lesotho's judges on merit should be only the start of judicial reforms

Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021

The community of Xolobeni village, in the Eastern Cape, succeesfully challenged the mining of their land in the High Court in 2018. Rogan Ward © Sunday Times.

Law protecting interests of South African communities in mining deals falls short

14 Apr 2021

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

Jackie Rhodes & Kamal Patel, Juta and Company 13 Apr 2021

Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter

Eskom to probe racism allegations against De Ruyter

10 Mar 2021

Dumisa Ntsebeza

Advocate Ntsebeza appointed new judge of African Court

10 Feb 2021

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

8 Feb 2021

Rica not entirely constitutional - ConCourt

Rica not entirely constitutional - ConCourt

Rui Lopes and Kirsty Gibson 5 Feb 2021

Image source: Getty Images

Can employers force employees to incriminate themselves?

Dr. Johannes Jacobus van der Walt 2 Feb 2021

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 1

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 1

Jason Whyte 15 Jan 2021

Kenyan coastal community beats lead polluter in court

Kenyan coastal community beats lead polluter in court

Christabel Ligami 31 Dec 2020

Why human rights institutions could be the key to protection of refugee rights

Why human rights institutions could be the key to protection of refugee rights

23 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Legal

#BestofBiz 2020: Legal

14 Dec 2020

The evictions case brought by the South African Human Rights Commission in Cape Town is to be heard by a full bench of the High Court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Relief for asylum seekers following Scalabrini judgment

Relief for asylum seekers following Scalabrini judgment

2 Dec 2020

ConCourt victory for domestic workers

ConCourt victory for domestic workers

20 Nov 2020

Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about 'spatial apartheid'

Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about 'spatial apartheid'

James Stent 19 Nov 2020

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