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Jaguar’s rebrand: creative vision or branding blunder?

Karabo Ledwaba

ABC Q3 2024: A quiet quarter for newspapers

Danette Breitenbach

Government funding open for registered township spaza shops

ABC Q3 2024: Magazine momentum continues to build with some good performances

Danette Breitenbach

Could De Beers be the next Twitter?

Savious-Parker Kwinika

The 2024 Township CX Report is here

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Home Affairs issues first-ever certificates recognising Muslim marriages

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Declaring insolvency - legitimate or elaborate ruse to avoid paying child support?

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Choose your executor wisely and avoid these Will pitfalls

Choose your executor wisely and avoid these Will pitfalls

18 Sep 2024

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Why National Wills Week is more important than you realise

Why National Wills Week is more important than you realise

Capital Legacy 13 Sep 2024

Kaamilah Paulse, director and family law specialist at Herold Gie Attorneys

#WomensMonth: Empathy and advocacy - Kaamilah Paulse's recipe for women's success in law

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Nita Morgan is the Country Manager for Foundever South Africa.

Companies can do much more to empower women

Nita Morgan 29 Aug 2024

Never (really) too young to have a will

Never (really) too young to have a will

Capital Legacy 25 Jun 2024

GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

Fixing lengthy delays on deceased estates

Fixing lengthy delays on deceased estates

Capital Legacy 27 May 2024

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Divorce Amendment Bill signed into law; recognises Muslim marriages

9 May 2024

Don’t leave chaos in your wake

Don’t leave chaos in your wake

Grant Fietze, Capital Legacy 16 Apr 2024

A case before the Constitutional Court could introduce a new era of customary law. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Limpopo royal family feud could change customary law

Anton van Zyl 22 Feb 2024

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Acting without Letters of Curatorship? Not so fast

Loraine Strydom and Alisa Malindi 13 Feb 2024

About 700,000 IDs have been blocked by the Department of Home Affairs without due process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Home Affairs may no longer block your ID on a whim, court rules

Tania Broughton 17 Jan 2024

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Sassa clarifies report on 74,000 deceased ghost accounts

12 Jan 2024

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Estate curatorship: Is this a demeaning western construct?

Kaamilah Paulse and Loraine Strydom 4 Jan 2024

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Govt pilots online platform for protection orders

10 Aug 2023

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Have your say on Draft Marriage Bill

12 Jul 2023

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2023 Children's Rights Moot Court Competition winners

3 Jul 2023

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Cabinet approves publication of Draft Marriage Bill

23 Jun 2023

A High Court judge has rejected a man’s attempt to get back support he paid for a child who turned out not to be his. Photo: Brian Turner via (CC BY 2.0)

No legal duty to disclose an extra-marital affair, says judge

Tania Broughton 21 Jun 2023

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Postnuptial agreements - possible, but not simple

Loryn Liberty 19 Jun 2023

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Married in community of property: What you need to know about contracts and consent

Lethabo Mashishi 7 Jun 2023

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Namibia's top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere

Nyasha Nyaungwa and Anait Miridzhanian 17 May 2023

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The benefits of registering a customary marriage

Janine Julies 5 May 2023

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What the new domestic violence laws mean for GBV prevention

Dakalo Singo 20 Apr 2023

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company 6 Mar 2023

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Court rules on unwed fathers

Tania Broughton 18 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

12 Dec 2022

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Rule 43: Easing the financial stress during divorce proceedings

Shani Van Niekerk 1 Dec 2022

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Home Affairs issues first-ever certificates recognising Muslim marriages

28 Oct 2024

Image source: zimmytws –

Declaring insolvency - legitimate or elaborate ruse to avoid paying child support?

Kaamilah Paulse 1 Oct 2024

Choose your executor wisely and avoid these Will pitfalls

Choose your executor wisely and avoid these Will pitfalls

18 Sep 2024

Why National Wills Week is more important than you realise

Why National Wills Week is more important than you realise

Capital Legacy 13 Sep 2024

Kaamilah Paulse, director and family law specialist at Herold Gie Attorneys

#WomensMonth: Empathy and advocacy - Kaamilah Paulse's recipe for women's success in law

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Nita Morgan is the Country Manager for Foundever South Africa.

Companies can do much more to empower women

Nita Morgan 29 Aug 2024

Never (really) too young to have a will

Never (really) too young to have a will

Capital Legacy 25 Jun 2024

GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

Fixing lengthy delays on deceased estates

Fixing lengthy delays on deceased estates

Capital Legacy 27 May 2024

Image source: Guzel Andrianova –

Divorce Amendment Bill signed into law; recognises Muslim marriages

9 May 2024

Don’t leave chaos in your wake

Don’t leave chaos in your wake

Grant Fietze, Capital Legacy 16 Apr 2024

A case before the Constitutional Court could introduce a new era of customary law. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Limpopo royal family feud could change customary law

Anton van Zyl 22 Feb 2024

Image source: Sergii Gnatiuk –

Acting without Letters of Curatorship? Not so fast

Loraine Strydom and Alisa Malindi 13 Feb 2024

About 700,000 IDs have been blocked by the Department of Home Affairs without due process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Home Affairs may no longer block your ID on a whim, court rules

Tania Broughton 17 Jan 2024

Image source: Ryan Miguel Capili from

Sassa clarifies report on 74,000 deceased ghost accounts

12 Jan 2024

Image source: Jakub Jirsak –

Estate curatorship: Is this a demeaning western construct?

Kaamilah Paulse and Loraine Strydom 4 Jan 2024

Image source: Alex Green from

Govt pilots online platform for protection orders

10 Aug 2023

Image source: rawpixel –

Have your say on Draft Marriage Bill

12 Jul 2023

Image source: Getty Images

2023 Children's Rights Moot Court Competition winners

3 Jul 2023

Image source: belchonock –

Cabinet approves publication of Draft Marriage Bill

23 Jun 2023

A High Court judge has rejected a man’s attempt to get back support he paid for a child who turned out not to be his. Photo: Brian Turner via (CC BY 2.0)

No legal duty to disclose an extra-marital affair, says judge

Tania Broughton 21 Jun 2023

Image source: Getty Images

Postnuptial agreements - possible, but not simple

Loryn Liberty 19 Jun 2023

Image source: Franck Boston –

Married in community of property: What you need to know about contracts and consent

Lethabo Mashishi 7 Jun 2023

Image source: belchonock –

Namibia's top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere

Nyasha Nyaungwa and Anait Miridzhanian 17 May 2023

Image source: Dellon Thomas from

The benefits of registering a customary marriage

Janine Julies 5 May 2023

Image source: Alex Green from

What the new domestic violence laws mean for GBV prevention

Dakalo Singo 20 Apr 2023

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company 6 Mar 2023

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Court rules on unwed fathers

Tania Broughton 18 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

12 Dec 2022

Image source: zimmytws –

Rule 43: Easing the financial stress during divorce proceedings

Shani Van Niekerk 1 Dec 2022

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How SA's legislation harms foreign national children

Elgene Roos 16 Nov 2022

Lesego Mothowamodimo, founder of Mothowamodimo Attorneys

What to do if your spouse refuses to sign divorce papers...

Lesego Mothowamodimo 19 Sep 2022

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Marriages under Islamic law given legal status

Tania Broughton 30 Jun 2022

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Distribution of assets: Section of Divorce Act deemed unconstitutional

Natasha Truyens 16 May 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

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ConCourt ruling - reversing unjust property laws imposed on black marriages

Fikile Sithole 4 Oct 2021

Green Paper on Marriages approved for public consultation

Green Paper on Marriages approved for public consultation

22 Apr 2021

Can a matrimonial property system be amended without a court order?

Can a matrimonial property system be amended without a court order?

Hopewell Sathekge 4 Mar 2021

The missing Bill to my marriage

The missing Bill to my marriage

Asher Ndebele 27 Jul 2020

A divorce, the settlement agreement, and a parcel of game

A divorce, the settlement agreement, and a parcel of game

JJ van der Walt and John Bell 15 May 2020