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At the J20 summit, Justice Mlambo, Deputy Chief Justice posed a critical question: in a multilingual society, are litigants still excluded if they do not speak the colonial language of record? South Africa's...

Secondary strikes must be "proportionate" in order to be "reasonable". This is the central finding of the majority decision of the Constitutional Court in Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union...

The South African government published the Business Licensing Bill, 2025 (the "Bill") on 26 September 2025.

South Africa protects the rights of minorities or previously marginalised groups through legislative and constitutional means. The right to equality is constitutionally entrenched.

In April 2026, the Pietermaritzburg High Court set aside a subpoena issued against the Auditor-General of South Africa (“AGSA”), finding that it had not been issued for a bona fide or lawful purpose and amounted...

Customer loyalty programmes have been around as early as the 1980's, and are widely known to be used as business marketing tools.

In a long-running argument between the Governing Body of the Rivonia Primary School and the Gauteng Provincial Education Department, the Constitutional Court started out, in its majority judgement, by referring to s29 which it states "guarantees everyone the right to a basic education" and observing that this constitutional guarantee is "inaccessible for large number of South Africans".

The recent decision of the Constitutional Court in Competition Commission of South Africa v Pickford Removals SA (Pty) Limited may have a material effect on the future prosecution of prohibited practices – including cartel behavior and abuses of dominance.

South Africa's Department of Justice has published draft regulations that would fundamentally transform how oaths and affirmations are administered by allowing electronic commissioning through audio-visual communication. This development follows years of legal uncertainty and conflicting court decisions about whether commissioners of oaths could validly administer oaths remotely, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when physical presence became impractical.

In the months leading up to April 2014, Aveng faced harsh economic conditions and needed to restructure to survive and avoid the wholesale loss of jobs of its entire workforce.

Below, please find issue 21 of the ENSafrica telecoms and media in brief, a snapshot of the latest telecoms and media developments in South Africa.

It has been announced that section 35A of the Income Tax Act, which was introduced in 2004 to come into effect on a date to be announced, will be in operation from 1 September 2007.

In the case of Mambafula v Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Mr Simvumile Mambafula instituted urgent proceedings in the Eastern Cape Division – Mthatha of the High Court of South Africa...

In a unanimous judgment handed down on 4 December 2020, in the matter of Baloyi v Public Protector and Others (CCT03/20) [2020] ZACC 27, the Constitutional Court held that the High Court and Labour Court ...

A lot of attention has been given to the changes in the South African legislative framework in so far as it relates to Cannabis.

The South African Constitutional Court, in the case of United Democratic Movement and Another v Lebashe Investment Group (Pty) Limited and Others, delivered an important judgment regarding...

Courts are not designed to govern. That is the government's job, involving budget allocations and tough choices, sometimes between life and death.

There has been much discussion, debate and commentary over the past couple of months on the motion adopted by the South African Parliament on 27 February 2018, in relation to the expropriation of land without the payment of compensation.