W HEN we wake up to tempera­tures of -13°C in the south-east Free State it's hard to believe that anywhere in South Africa could possibly be colder. But the tiny Eastern Cape dorp of Molteno claim...

PARLIAMENT - The geographic boundaries of the Black Authorities Act (BAA), while having been expunged from the statute books, remain firmly in place through the complex myriad of post-apartheid legisl...

All legislation relating to traditional authorities must be scrapped, the National Assembly's rural development and land reform committee has heard. In a presentation to the committee -- currently ...

Submissions to Parliament have mostly requested that the Black Authorities Act be repealed More than 40 women and men from some of the remotest rural enclaves of the country trekked to Parliament th...

ABOUT 1000 inner-city residents evicted from a building near the Coca-Cola Park rugby stadium on Friday were temporarily allowed to return to their homes after they went to court yesterday to fight th...

A former AWB member who wants to be pardoned for a politically motivated offence has come under fire for his perceived lack of remorse. Ryan Albutt was convicted and sentenced for his part in an att...

The Constitutional Court has heard victims of politically-motivated crimes have the right to be heard in the interest of national reconciliation. Convicted killer and former AWB member Ryan Albutt a...

Johannesburg - Constitutional Court judges reserved judgement in a case involving an Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) member who wants to be pardoned for a political violence offence. This follows...

She asked to say a prayer before she could relate what happened on that dreadful December 24, 1996 in Zwelithemba in the Western Cape. It is a moving prayer in Xhosa as she communicates with the Man...

IN A last-ditch attempt to save Durban`s Early Morning Market from demolition on Friday, traders will again approach the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in the city today. About 8000 traders and street vendo...

Landmark Constitutional Court ruling hailed as victory for public interest litigation Groups fighting expensive court battles to protect the environment got a boost from the Constitutional Court las...

FORMER law and order minister Adriaan Vlok is among 121 people recommended for a presidential pardon, according to a civil society coalition that had legally challenged the granting of special pardons...

On 3 June 2009, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in the matter of Trustees for the time being of the Biowatch Trust v The Registrar, Genetic Resources and Others, bringing...

Apartheid-era police minister Adriaan Vlok and a group of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging killers were among those who came close to receiving a presidential pardon through a back-door process that would...

More  than 1 000 poor or destitute fishermen are to benefit from interim fishing rights which authorities are now free to grant following a Cape High Court ruling. The court dismissed an applicatio...

The final chapter in a seven-year court battle has ended with a positive outcome in the Constitutional Court for the NGO Biowatch. It importantly signals a welcome precedent for all future public inte...

The Constitutional Court yesterday ordered three government bodies responsible for monitoring the development of genetically modified organisms to pay the costs of non¬governmental organisation Biowa...

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INTRODUCTION In this short paper I shall start by highlighting one of the single-most difficult challenges faced by practitioners in enforcing socio-economic rights through the courts: the challenge...

2009 05 13 LRC Oral Statement to African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 45th Ordinary Session 2009 03 LRC Submissions on Interim Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Pe...