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Court admits land justice movements as friends of the court in Expropriation Act challenge
Fifteen land justice movements representing landless communities have been admitted as friends of the court in the constitutional challenge to the Expropriation Act before the Western Cape High Court. The organisations say the case will shape the future of land reform in South Africa.
Caroline Peters challenges the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to have Sections 154(2)(b) and 335A of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional.
New Children’s Courts Rules require courts to hear children and conduct child-friendly proceedings
New Children’s Courts Rules require courts to record child participation, regulate questioning and ensure child friendly proceedings from 20 March 2026.
Residents in Delmas have turned to the High Court after months without water, alleging a clear and ongoing violation of their constitutional right to access sufficient water.
The Constitutional Court will decide whether KwaZulu Natal legislation allowing provincial authorities to remove an Inkosi without decisive involvement of the umndeni wenkosi unlawfully undermines the constitutional protection of customary law and traditional leadership.
Magistrate wrong to punish Legal Aid Lawyer for speaking isiXhosa during court proceedings
The Bhisho High Court set aside contempt proceedings against a Legal Aid lawyer, ruling that speaking isiXhosa in court is not misconduct and cannot justify punishment.
The High Court struck down businessman and ANC senior official Suliman Carrim’s urgent bid to avoid the Madlanga Commission, ruling that his delay was self created and the summons legally binding.
Justice Khampepe refused to step aside from the TRC cases inquiry, finding Zuma and Mbeki failed to prove bias and brought their recusal challenge too late.
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court has set aside the election of the mayor and deputy mayor of the Amajuba District Municipality, ruling that the council meeting descended into chaos, excluded elected councillors, and unlawfully proceeded behind closed doors.
A landowner asks the Constitutional Court to decide whether a settlement order can permanently block environmental challenges, raising urgent questions about access to court, res judicata and constitutional justice.