Recently the Western Cape High Court handed down what could well turn out to be a landmark decision in refugee jurisprudence. Judge Mark Sher ruled that “parents and care givers of South African children will be allowed to remain in South Africa after their relationships with their South African spouses have expired.” Judge Sher also ruled that certain provisions of the Immigration Act and its regulations were unconstitutional.

BP547 -Child Pregnancy by Lois LawThe issue of teenage pregnancy has been a matter of concern for some time. However, since the introduction of the COVID-19 lockdown and throughout the pandemic, it became increasingly clear that the age of children who became pregnant was becoming younger and younger. The girl children affected are as young […]

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC)[i] is presently considering submissions as to whether or not certain acts of domestic violence should be criminal offences. Domestic violence compromises the dignity, safety, physical integrity and mental health of the victim. It has physical, sexual, emotional, psychological and economic consequences, and it is compounded by gender inequality, […]

During the period of State Capture, roughly coinciding with the Zuma administration’s term of office, it was regularly asserted that the judiciary was ‘the last bastion’ preventing the complete collapse of the rule of law and a descent into kleptocracy and a failed state. There were other such bastions, including our vigorous media and our […]

On 19th January this year, Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), visited shops and restaurants in Johannesburg’s Mall of Africa ostensibly to ascertain the numbers of foreign nationals versus South Africans employed in those establishments. Mr Malema claimed to be doing this as part of an ‘oversight exercise’ in his capacity […]