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Legal
New rule allows judges to clamp down on legal fee inflation

Kaamilah Paulse 2 days

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HR & Management
Why 'unlawful dismissal' doesn't mean 'automatic reinstatement'

Chloë Loubser and Caity Barbour 18 Apr 2024

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Legal
Groundbreaking ConCourt ruling in Capitec, Sars VAT deduction dispute

15 Apr 2024

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HR & Management
Zero tolerance for racial misconduct in the workplace

Dumisani Ndiweni and Eugene Chaphi 15 Apr 2024

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Legal
ConCourt justice post to remain vacant as JSC lacks viable candidates

10 Apr 2024

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Legal
President assents to Correctional Services, Forestry and Agriculture Bills

5 Apr 2024

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Legal
President to puff, puff, pass Cannabis Bill into law

Ramon Pereira 20 Mar 2024

Source: Nedbank CIB.
Finance
Landmark ruling: Bheki Cele held liable for heist linked to R101m Nedbank loss

19 Mar 2024

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Legal
Judges Hlophe and Motata removed from office

7 Mar 2024

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has turned to the Constitutional Court in his bid to appeal against a Pretoria High Court judgment that found the process he used to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme was neither fair nor lawful. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp
Legal
Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court

Tania Broughton 6 Mar 2024

The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit programme will not end any time soon, following a Supreme Court of Appeal dismissal of the Minister of Home Affairs’ request for leave to appeal. Archive photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp
Legal
SCA dismisses bid to appeal Zim permits ruling

Tania Broughton 23 Feb 2024

A case before the Constitutional Court could introduce a new era of customary law. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
Legal
Limpopo royal family feud could change customary law

Anton van Zyl 22 Feb 2024

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Legal
Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.
Healthcare
"The NHI Bill is going to be introduced and signed into law whether they like it or not" - Ramaphosa

Katja Hamilton 15 Jan 2024

Chloë Loubser, knowledge and learning lawyer in Bowmans’ Cape Town office Employment and Benefits Practice
Legal
#BizTrends2024: Key legislative developments and their impact on employment

Chloë Loubser 15 Jan 2024

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Healthcare
Cultural use of marijuana and operational requirements: Is there a crossroads in the workplace?

9 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Craig Comrie, chairperson of the Health Funders Association (HFA).
Healthcare
HFA: "NHI Bill threatens all citizens’ constitutional rights"

28 Dec 2023

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
Legal
Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

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Legal
Disciplinary action: Can excessive delays taint procedural fairness?

Chloë Loubser and Amandla Makhongwana 11 Dec 2023

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Legal
IEC welcomes Constitutional Court judgment

5 Dec 2023

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Marketing & Media
ANC pursues criminal charges against members over R102m marketing contract

5 Dec 2023

The Constitution states: “Everyone has the right to administrative action that is lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair.” It also states: “Everyone has the right to have any dispute that can be resolved by the application of law decided in a fair public hearing before a court …”. Taking unreasonably long to hand down judgments is a breach of these rights. Illustration: Lisa Nelson | GroundUp
Legal
Judge faces possible impeachment for tardy judgments

Tania Broughton 1 Dec 2023

The Constitutional Court has not yet issued judgment on a crucial case about next year’s election. The case was heard in August. Archive photo: Ciaran Ryan | GroundUp
Legal
Constitutional Court accused of taking too long to rule on crucial election case

Tania Broughton 29 Nov 2023

File photo: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius leaves court after appearing for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, 14 June 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files
Legal
UPDATED: Pistorius granted parole

Bhargav Acharya 24 Nov 2023

Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR
Legal
Aussie mining company “Slapp suit” partly settled out of court

John Yeld 23 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf The recent announcement that the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) plenary has officially passed the flawed Copyright Amendment Bill has disheartened the creative industry
Marketing & Media
Copyright Bill a serious threat to SA creative industry and economy

15 Nov 2023

Forget a good budget - a compliant one will do for now
Finance
Forget a good budget - a compliant one will do for now

Issued by SAICA 3 Nov 2023

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Legal
When do Tribunals have the power to review?

Nkululeko Zuma 3 Nov 2023

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Legal
Landmark ruling may lead to big change with parental leave rights

Deon Visagie, Joani van Vuuren, Jamie Jacobs and Nkosinathi Thema 27 Oct 2023

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Legal
Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

Salba welcomes ruling on duty-free alcohol quotas
Retail
Salba welcomes ruling on duty-free alcohol quotas

10 Oct 2023

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Legal
Importance of child protection clause in cannabis bill

Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen, Daveraj Sauls, Andre Crouse and Danica Jonker 6 Oct 2023

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Marketing & Media
Thabo Bester escape story wins GroundUp a Nat Nakasa award

18 Sep 2023

Can companies exclude liability through contractual clauses?
Legal
Can companies exclude liability through contractual clauses?

Issued by Cox Yeats 4 Jul 2023

Former South African president Jacob Zuma reacts as he addresses a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 October 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Legal
Zuma appears at prison, released under remission process

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 11 Aug 2023

Domestic workers marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane to demand workplace compensation for injuries or death and better working conditions. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp
HR & Management
Domestic workers battle with workplace compensation despite landmark ruling in 2020

Kimberly Mutandiro 8 Aug 2023

Court clamps down on the abuse of business rescue proceedings to avoid winding-up proceedings
Legal
Court clamps down on the abuse of business rescue proceedings to avoid winding-up proceedings

Megan Baker, Thys Scheepers & Adelin Dalais, Issued by Cox Yeats 26 Jul 2023

Government prepares to implement Aarto Act
Automotive
Government prepares to implement Aarto Act

21 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.
Healthcare
Zuma seeks medical treatment in Russia

Katja Hamilton 17 Jul 2023

File photo: Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 20 March 2023. Reuters/Rogan Ward/File Photo
Legal
Concourt rules against ex-president Zuma in parole release finding

Wendell Roelf 14 Jul 2023

Constitutional Court rules against Outa, says Aarto is legal
Automotive
Constitutional Court rules against Outa, says Aarto is legal

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jul 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
National environmental management laws now in force

Garyn Rapson, Tsoseletso Bogopa, and Hassan Mahlawe 6 Jul 2023

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Legal
ZEP termination decision invalid and unconstitutional

Hedda Schensema and Taryn York 30 Jun 2023

Source: © Cape Talk The Constitutional Court has confirmed the January 2022 Western Cape High Court ruling on the illegality of the Overbeek Building outdoor advertising billboards
Marketing & Media
Constitutional Court confirms 2022 ruling for Overbeek Signs to take down OOH billboard

Danette Breitenbach 28 Jun 2023

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Legal
Cabinet approves publication of Draft Marriage Bill

23 Jun 2023

South Africans who lost their citizenship after gaining citizenship of another country can once again obtain a South African passport. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp
Legal
Lost citizens welcomed back by Supreme Court of Appeal

Tania Broughton 15 Jun 2023

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Legal
SCA rules audit firms do not have to be rotated

Kim Rew, Ryan Hopkins & Matt Williams 1 Jun 2023

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Legal
Transparency triumphs as Concourt rules sections of PAIA, Tax Admin Act unconstitutional

31 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Miller, is the national treasurer at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa.
Healthcare
Genetic medicine divide: Why SA lags behind the rest of the world

Andrew Miller 30 May 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa
Legal
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

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