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Taxation & Regulation

Trump threatens extra 10% tariffs on BRICS as leaders meet in Brazil

Lisandra Paraguassu and Manuela Andreoni 8 Jul 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Sustained pressure on SA rhino populations

5 May 2025

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that crimes from the apartheid era can be prosecuted. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Criminal Law

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 25 Apr 2025

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Emergency Medicine

Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Conservation groups want new “sweet spot” no-fishing zones around African Penguin breeding colonies, arguing current zones are inadequate to prevent the species’ extinction. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

John Yeld 17 Feb 2025

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Climate Change

SA calls on US to reconsider withdrawal from Paris Agreement

24 Jan 2025

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Law Practice

A&O Shearman SA's legal team finds new home at Bowmans

7 Jan 2025

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Climate Change

Historic climate change advisory: What the case before the International Court of Justice might mean

Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala 27 Dec 2024

A protest organised by the Simunye Workers Forum in 2021. The Labour Appeal Court is to hear an appeal against a ruling that the forum be registered as a trade union. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law

Crucial court battle over future of “new” trade unions

Tania Broughton 21 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Putin warns of Middle East conflagration and debates Ukraine at BRICS

Vladimir Soldatkin 24 Oct 2024

Law Practice

African Legal Award winners 2024

10 Sep 2024

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Law Practice

Challenges in enforcing foreign judgments in SA

Jonathan Barnes, Max Taylor, and Kelly Calvert-Evers 29 Aug 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

Green light for law criminalising hate crimes, hate speech

10 May 2024

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Immigration & Citizenship Law

Cabinet approves Final White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection

18 Apr 2024

Media

Global news leaders sign open letter in support of journalists in Gaza

6 Mar 2024

From new music to a new season for Nadine Blom

Radio & Audio

From new music to a new season for Nadine Blom

Issued by OFM Radio 29 Feb 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Human Rights Law

SA asks World Court to weigh Israel's Rafah offensive

Nellie Peyton 13 Feb 2024

Professor Dire Tladi

Law Practice

Prof Tladi sworn in as SA's first permanent ICJ judge

7 Feb 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Human Rights Law

World Court says Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch 26 Jan 2024

A view of a live broadcast displayed on a street as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day judges hear a request for emergency measures to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 January 2024. Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen

Human Rights Law

Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself

Anthony Deutsch, Toby Sterling and Stephanie van den Berg 12 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement, that allows Ethiopia to use a Somaliland port, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 January 2024. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Corporate & Commercial Law

Somalia president signs law nullifying Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal

Abdi Sheikh 8 Jan 2024

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not renewed their visas within a month of expiry are considered to have permanently abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

Legal

Dire Tladi's landmark appointment to International Court of Justice garners global acclaim

14 Nov 2023

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Environment & Natural Resources

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

Global Black Impact Summit 2023 to gather thought leaders and experts from the global Black community

Education

Global Black Impact Summit 2023 to gather thought leaders and experts from the global Black community

Thandisizwe Mgudlwa 16 Oct 2023

Justice department gives Gupta brothers extradition update

Legislation & Regulation

Justice department gives Gupta brothers extradition update

29 Sep 2023

Early childhood development programmes should be part of free basic education

Early Childhood Development

Early childhood development programmes should be part of free basic education

Yolisa Piliso 28 Sep 2023

Law Practice

2023 African Legal Award winners

Shan Radcliffe 8 Sep 2023

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Criminal Law

South Africa remains ICC participant

26 Apr 2023

NHI

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

The Western Cape High Court declared sections of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. The sections provide that asylum seekers who do not renew their visas within one month of the date of expiry are considered to have abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

High Court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

Tania Broughton 21 Feb 2023

Stellenbosch University partners with Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy

Higher Education

Stellenbosch University partners with Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy

Issued by Stone 18 Jan 2023

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Human Rights Law

How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Climate Change

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Lisa Vanhala 9 Nov 2022

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Legal

Winners of the 2022 African Legal Awards

7 Sep 2022

Ukraine Comms Support Network expands with intl subcommittee

Media

Ukraine Comms Support Network expands with intl subcommittee

19 May 2022

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Media

Another journalist murdered in the line of duty

13 May 2022

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

PR & Communications

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

Issued by Irvine Partners 29 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Energy

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

Healthcare

WHO Pandemic Treaty: The makings of a New World Order?

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2022

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

Human Rights Law

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

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

Dimension Data hit with huge fraud scandal

ICT

Dimension Data hit with huge fraud scandal

21 Jan 2022

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Infrastructure & Utilities

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Sustainability

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Merlita Kennedy, Garyn Rapson & Tobia Serongoane 9 Nov 2021

Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle

Legislation & Regulation

Court victory for blind people after 11-year battle

22 Sep 2021

Fashionscapes: A Living Wage highlights plight of garment workers

Design & Manufacturing

Fashionscapes: A Living Wage highlights plight of garment workers

28 Apr 2021