Last year, the Pretoria High Court found that foetuses which didn’t survive past 26 weeks were effectively considered “medical waste” and so couldn’t be buried - and this is what the group has been challenging.

A high court judge who has been asked to order fresh disciplinary proceedings for two teachers has questioned whether this would be fair on them.

Not only did the SCA on Tuesday dismiss the appeal, it upheld a cross-appeal from British American Tobacco South Africa, which launched the original case, on the issue of costs.

In December 2020, the Western Cape High Court declared the ban to have been both unconstitutional and invalid, on the back of an application brought by British American Tobacco South Africa.

Eskom said due to a continued shortage of generation capacity, the power system will be very constrained this evening and over the next few days and that load shedding may be required at short notice.

The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday heard a case brought by the Centre for Child Law – represented by Section27 – against SACE over what they label “shockingly lenient” sanctions meted out to two primary school teachers who pleaded guilty to using corporal punishment in the classroom.

It took seven years to track Gerhardus Jansen van Vuuren down to Brazil, re-arrest him and extradite him to South Africa.

Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has told the Johannesburg High Court that just because Julius Malema wears designer brands, doesn’t mean he or his party can afford to fork out R500,000 for damages in the 'Kill the boer' case.

The Centre for Child Law, is taking the South African Council of Educators to court in a bid to secure harsher sanctions for two primary teachers who received what the organisations describe as “shockingly lenient” sanctions after pleading guilty to using corporal punishment in class.

Advocate Mfesane Ka-Siboto, representing the EFF, said the party's use of the song had been taken out of context.

Brigadier Stephina Mahlangu and seven businesspeople appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Monday in connection with four irregular contracts - valued at a total of more than R960,000 - from the National Police Commissioner’s Corporate Services Office.

Closing arguments in the case took place in the Equality Court, sitting in the Johannesburg High Court.

The Western Cape High Court dismissed her application on Friday morning.

In an open letter to the Health Department, paediatrician Dr Tim De Maayer said the poor state of public hospitals was contributing to the deaths of children, adding that things were “falling apart”.

In dismissing her bid, Judge Nathan Erasmus essentially found the matters at hand had already been dealt with by the courts.

Thirty-seven other people were injured when a bus and truck collided early on Friday morning.

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that since the grants were no longer being paid out under the COVID-19 regulations, new regulations had to be put in place and negotiations with the banks.

Cabinet has moved to reverse the illicit activity within the sector.