Mogoeng endorses new responsibilities for chief justice
Judicial officers can no longer operate as though chief justice’s constitutional responsibilities do not exist, says Chief Justice Mogoeng MogoengOpinion
Sustainability, not a new bill, will fix SA’s infrastructure
Melissa Fourie
When it comes to making the decisions that determine our path to sustainability, South Africa tends to favour ‘quick-result’, high-risk options
Bid for removal of two appeal judges fails
Threat by businessman to have two Supreme Court of Appeal judges removed in case involving Absa Bank dismissed as ‘mischievous’
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Police take Barnard affirmative action case to Constitutional Court
Solidarity ‘shocked’ by bid to appeal Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that SAPS discriminated against Capt Renate Barnard on basis of race
Mandela respected the law in fight for freedom
Nelson Mandela helped to redefine what the law can mean when it is transformed from an instrument of oppression into a guarantor of fundamental rights, writes Franny Rabkin
Law firms’ African expansion bodes well for continent’s economies
South African and global law firms used 2013 to blaze a trail into Africa, opening offices across the continent, writes Evan Pickworth
Legal Practice Bill ‘set to end up in courts’
Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says he had taken the decision some time ago that judges would not comment on the bill
JSC looking for judges to fill appeal court vacancies
Judicial Service Commission calls for nominations to fill posts at Supreme Court of Appeal, looking for new head of Electoral Court
Police challenge affirmative action ruling
South African Police Service requests permission from Constitutional Court to appeal against hallmark ruling on affirmative action by the Supreme Court of Appeal
Krejcir fails for a third time to get bail
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, facing charges of kidnapping and attempted murder, has his bid for leave to appeal a high court bail ruling turned down
Judicial Service Commission takes issue with Poswa’s late judgments
The fact that other judges took a long time to deliver judgments did not justify North Gauteng High Court Judge Ntsikelelo Poswa’s delayed decisions, says the JSC
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This brutal police state in which we live
Sipho Hlongwane
Service delivery protests are essentially political, and the police are doing their damndest to quash them
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Revise patent law without emotion
The health minister’s response to efforts by multinationals to lobby against proposed changes to SA’s patent laws shows that raw passion is all too easily misdirected
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