Author: Kennedy Mudzuli

A father’s bid to terminate the biological mother’s parental rights ended with the High Court suspending those rights while adoption proceedings continue.

The Full Court ruled that defamatory WhatsApp messages falsely accusing Jason Mkhwane of corruption unlawfully damaged his professional reputation.

The CCMA awarded an accounts manager R240 000 after finding her employer unfairly dismissed her instead of following an incapacity process.

A bitter divorce dispute has led to a significant family law judgment after the High Court in Cape Town ruled that spouses cannot take the law into their own hands when they believe an interim court order is outdated. The case stemmed from an ongoing divorce between a husband and wife. In May 2021, the court granted a Rule 43 maintenance order requiring the husband to keep a Mercedes-Benz available for his wife and their two minor children’s use until the divorce was final. The car was registered to the husband’s close corporation, where he was the only member. Husband…

The Supreme Court of Appeal overturned Captain Quentin Arlow’s attempted murder conviction after expert ballistic evidence exposed fatal flaws in the State’s case.

Gauteng unlawfully cancelled a long-term gas infrastructure agreement designed to modernise heating systems at 10 public hospitals.

The Labour Court upheld a CCMA ruling after Baroque Medical rejected two doctors’ medical reports and dismissed an employee under its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.

Parliament must begin the procurement law from scratch after a unanimous Constitutional Court judgment.

A Labour Court judgment draws a legal distinction between supervisor awareness and permission to leave workstations for smoke breaks.

A divorcing mother secured urgent housing and maintenance after the High Court in Cape Town protected her three children from homelessness.