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The Electoral Court reopened the legal battle over the United Democratic Front Party’s disputed UDFP abbreviation and gave the IEC until 28 August to decide.
Tribunal overturns the unlawful debarment of customer services manager Jabulile Tlhapane after she was secretly barred from working.
A retirement home defeated a R3.5 million claim after the High Court found its manager lacked authority and the plaintiff’s own witness undermined the alleged contract.
The High Court in Johannesburg has told the mother of twin Grade 12 sisters to return to Acting Judge M Vele if she wants to enforce an earlier order requiring their registration at a private school, after dismissing her urgent contempt application. Judge H Wentzel-Thompson ruled that contempt proceedings were not the appropriate mechanism to compel compliance because the school had already filed an application for leave to appeal. Instead, the mother must bring an application under Section 18(3) of the Superior Courts Act before Judge Vele, who will hear it together with the school’s pending appeal. School fee dispute…
The High Court in Pretoria ruled that traders who relied on a councillor’s unlawful permission must leave the K54 road reserve, while the former councillor pays the legal costs.
A Rhodes University SRC presidential candidate failed to overturn his four-year expulsion after the High Court upheld the university’s disciplinary process.
The Women’s Legal Centre’s 2025 report says South Africa’s violence protection system continues to fail women despite strong legal protections.
The City of Cape Town has failed to overturn the reinstatement of a fleet coordinator dismissed in connection with an alleged R1,800 electricity tampering payment.
A woman left sleeping on the floor cannot immediately recover household goods removed by her late partner’s parents after the High Court clarified the law on suspended restoration orders.
A Hanover Park homeowner failed to prove Metro Police caused the fire that destroyed his family home and spaza shop during a lawful raid.