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Cape Town's homeless eviction ruling: Struggle between rights and safetyBukhobethu Matyeni

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#TheBillOfTweets - AI translates South Africa's Constitution into 15 tweets

8 Jul 2024

Bukhobethu Matyeni, Associate in the employment and public law practice of Herold Gie Attorneys

#YouthMonth: Continuing the progress for equality and inclusion - Bukhobethu Matyeni

By Shan Radcliffe 28 Jun 2024

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

12 Dec 2022

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How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

Johan Olivier, Partner and Siya Ngcamu, Associate at Webber Wentzel

What role do employers have in eradicating gender-based violence?

Johan Olivier and Siya Ngcamu 13 Oct 2022

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National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill gazetted

3 Oct 2022

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Winners of the 2022 African Legal Awards

7 Sep 2022

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

24 Aug 2022

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, poses for a picture after being declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya 15 August 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect

James Macharia Chege and others 16 Aug 2022

Forgood campaign aims to raise R100,000 for women affected by GBV

Forgood campaign aims to raise R100,000 for women affected by GBV

12 Aug 2022

Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville

UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

Andrew MacAskill 13 Jun 2022

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Court rules on the limit of the Human Rights Commission's powers

Tania Broughton 16 May 2022

Pandemic reflections: The paradox of human rights and your right to health

Pandemic reflections: The paradox of human rights and your right to health

Regent Business School 11 Apr 2022

How companies can embed human rights in their organisations

How companies can embed human rights in their organisations

Trialogue 5 Apr 2022

LLPT files leave to appeal against River Club redevelopment interdict

LLPT files leave to appeal against River Club redevelopment interdict

30 Mar 2022

Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

23 Mar 2022

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning 22 Mar 2022

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Should anticompetitive conduct be treated as a human rights infringement?

Lerisha Naidu and Sphesihle Nxumalo 18 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

LexisNexis 11 Feb 2022

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

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New anti-GBV legislation to provide victims more protection

31 Jan 2022

Image: A participant holds a rainbow flag during the WorldPride in Copenhagen, Denmark 21 August 2021. Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Namibian court rules against gay couples seeking legal recognition

Nyasha Francis Nyaungwa and Emma Rumney 27 Jan 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

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PoPIA and the legal position of publishing matric results

Nadine Mather 12 Jan 2022

This photograph was published on Facebook by conservationist Bool Smuts to expose how a farm owner was capturing and killing baboons and other wildlife. Copied as fair use.

Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

13 Dec 2021

A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Ken Chan 12 Nov 2021

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Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons - a Constitutional right

8 Nov 2021

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#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

12 Dec 2022

Image source: Zachary Vessels from

How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

Johan Olivier, Partner and Siya Ngcamu, Associate at Webber Wentzel

What role do employers have in eradicating gender-based violence?

Johan Olivier and Siya Ngcamu 13 Oct 2022

Image source: canjoena –

National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill gazetted

3 Oct 2022

Image source: Brad Calkins –

Winners of the 2022 African Legal Awards

7 Sep 2022

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

Period poverty campaigners to host menstrual rights march this Women's Month

24 Aug 2022

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, poses for a picture after being declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya 15 August 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect

James Macharia Chege and others 16 Aug 2022

Forgood campaign aims to raise R100,000 for women affected by GBV

Forgood campaign aims to raise R100,000 for women affected by GBV

12 Aug 2022

Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville

UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

Andrew MacAskill 13 Jun 2022

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Court rules on the limit of the Human Rights Commission's powers

Tania Broughton 16 May 2022

Pandemic reflections: The paradox of human rights and your right to health

Pandemic reflections: The paradox of human rights and your right to health

Regent Business School 11 Apr 2022

How companies can embed human rights in their organisations

How companies can embed human rights in their organisations

Trialogue 5 Apr 2022

LLPT files leave to appeal against River Club redevelopment interdict

LLPT files leave to appeal against River Club redevelopment interdict

30 Mar 2022

Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

Developer to appeal interdict that has halted construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town

23 Mar 2022

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

High Court halts construction of Amazon HQ on sacred land

Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning 22 Mar 2022

Image source: © Denis Ismagilov –

Should anticompetitive conduct be treated as a human rights infringement?

Lerisha Naidu and Sphesihle Nxumalo 18 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

Assessing the rule of law in Africa

LexisNexis 11 Feb 2022

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

Image source: © ammentorp –

New anti-GBV legislation to provide victims more protection

31 Jan 2022

Image: A participant holds a rainbow flag during the WorldPride in Copenhagen, Denmark 21 August 2021. Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Namibian court rules against gay couples seeking legal recognition

Nyasha Francis Nyaungwa and Emma Rumney 27 Jan 2022

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities

Tania Broughton 24 Jan 2022

Image source: © Auttapon Moonsawad –

PoPIA and the legal position of publishing matric results

Nadine Mather 12 Jan 2022

This photograph was published on Facebook by conservationist Bool Smuts to expose how a farm owner was capturing and killing baboons and other wildlife. Copied as fair use.

Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

#BestofBiz 2021: Legal

13 Dec 2021

A view shows damage inside a shopping mall following protests that have widened into looting, in Durban, South Africa 13 July 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Courtesy Kierran Allen/via Reuters

SAHRC commences hearings into July unrest

15 Nov 2021

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it's easy

Ken Chan 12 Nov 2021

Image source: Anete Lusina from

Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons - a Constitutional right

8 Nov 2021

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

Live Real Estate suspends agent following racial discrimination

20 Oct 2021

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Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

The Western Cape High Court has refused to interdict Anglican priest June Dolley-Major from claiming that fellow priest Melvin Booysen raped her. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Woman can name her alleged rapist, court rules

Tania Broughton 3 Sep 2021

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SAHRC to intervene in Semenya case

3 Sep 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

#WomensMonth: 'Speak your truth even if your voice shakes' - Lerisha Naidu, Baker McKenzie

Shan Radcliffe 24 Aug 2021

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Commissioner for Gender Equality suspended

16 Aug 2021

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"This is hate speech" - ConCourt rules

Dakalo Singo 4 Aug 2021

Robert Legh. Bowmans chair and senior partner

RIP: Robert Legh

6 Jul 2021