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Opinion

Women are producing the science, but are we helping them turn it into innovation?

Dr Prudence MakhuraAugust 29, 2026

Special Reports

University of the Western Cape awards honorary doctorate to Senior Advocate Adila Hassim

Conviction Staff ReporterAugust 29, 2026

Special Reports

Legal Indaba hears AI will transform legal practice, but lawyers remain accountable

Sindiso NhlabathiAugust 29, 2026

Sectional Title Law

Can trustees raise a special levy to cover legal costs owed to a body corporate member?

Ashwini SinghAugust 28, 2026

Constitutional Law

MK Party and UAT lose bid to appeal President Ramaphosa’s impeachment pause

Kennedy MudzuliAugust 28, 2026

Human Rights

Tshiamiso Trust pays R2.53bn to 26,300 mineworkers and dependants, faces tough AGM questions

Kennedy MudzuliAugust 28, 2026

Law & Justice

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Constitutional Law

3 Mins Read

MK Party and UAT lose bid to appeal President Ramaphosa’s impeachment pause

By Kennedy MudzuliAugust 28, 20263 Mins Read

The High Court in Cape Town has refused MK Party and UAT leave to appeal the interim order pausing Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment hearings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Tshiamiso Trust pays R2.53bn to 26,300 mineworkers and dependants, faces tough AGM questions

August 28, 2026

Why Special Tribunal ordered Nkandla architect Minehle Makhanya to repay R147 million

August 28, 2026

Acting magistrate and attorney jailed after repeatedly missing court appearances

August 28, 2026

GOOD caucus promise for permanent municipal job carries no legal weight

August 28, 2026

Special Reports

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University of the Western Cape awards honorary doctorate to Senior Advocate Adila Hassim

By Conviction Staff ReporterAugust 29, 2026

Legal Indaba hears AI will transform legal practice, but lawyers remain accountable

By Sindiso NhlabathiAugust 29, 2026

Ask the expert

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Can trustees raise a special levy to cover legal costs owed to a body corporate member?

August 28, 2026

How body corporate meetings are chaired and regulated in sectional title schemes

August 21, 2026

Voting disqualification in sectional title scheme body corporates

August 14, 2026

Can a managing agent’s tenure with a body corporate survive a lapsed contract?

August 7, 2026

Hybrid work, surveillance software and the new boundary lines of employee privacy

July 31, 2026

Screenshots are not evidence: The new frontier of unfair dismissal in South Africa

July 24, 2026

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Women are producing the science, but are we helping them turn it into innovation?

August 29, 2026

University of the Western Cape awards honorary doctorate to Senior Advocate Adila Hassim

August 29, 2026

Legal Indaba hears AI will transform legal practice, but lawyers remain accountable

August 29, 2026

Can trustees raise a special levy to cover legal costs owed to a body corporate member?

August 28, 2026

Opinion

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Opinion

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Women are producing the science, but are we helping them turn it into innovation?

By Dr Prudence MakhuraAugust 29, 20266 Mins Read

As South Africa marks Women’s Month, Dr Prudence Makhura argues that the country’s next challenge is ensuring women researchers can commercialise discoveries, build enterprises and translate intellectual property into real-world innovation.

Remembering Queen Manthatisi, the Amazon who held the knife by the sharp blade

August 27, 2026

South Africa cannot empower women while diabetes remains their leading cause of death

August 26, 2026

The myth of the artist as a special citizen: Artists are no more important than the bricklayer

August 25, 2026

Why are women still missing from South African research and innovation?

August 24, 2026

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