Zelda Venter

Multimedia Journalist, Court

Eviction: PIE Amendment Bill targets syndicates and offers relief to small-scale property owners

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The PIE Amendment Bill marks a significant shift in South Africa's eviction laws, targeting syndicates and offering relief to small-scale property owners.

Dettol bar soap packaging claims challenged by Colgate-Palmolive

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Dettol's bar soap packaging claims face scrutiny from the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) after a complaint from Colgate-Palmolive

Surtie family lawsuit: finance minister added to multi-billion rand inheritance claim

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The lawsuit brought by the Surtie family against the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the government concerns the payment of R1,35 trillion, which was thought ...

Advertising watchdog flags KWIKSPAR's mobile data ad as misleading

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The Advertising Regulatory Board has ruled that a KWIKSPAR advertisement promoting free mobile data is misleading due to its ambiguous wording regarding eligibility. ...

R380,000 property lost over R13,914 levy arrears: Judge scrutinises magistrate's ruling

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Once the homeowner secured another job, she offered to pay the arrears in levies back to the homeowner's association. This was denied and instead, she lost her home. ...

Constitutional Court rules SAHRC cannot issue binding directives

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THE Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) lacks the authority to issue binding directives, requiring ...

COURT: Confidential medical records to be disclosed in Tiger Brands listeriosis case

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THE Gauteng High Court has ordered the release of confidential medical records to support a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands, following a deadly listeriosis ...

DignitySA to challenge prohibition on physician-assisted suicide in South Africa

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The organisation will ask the court to declare the common law of medical assistance in dying unlawful as well as that the declaration of invalidity should be suspended ...

Fired employee reinstated after unfair dismissal for calling superior a 'white racist'

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Fired employee reinstated after unfair dismissal for calling superior a 'white racist'

Father must pay private school fees, court rules in children's best interests

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The Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, has put its foot down after the father applied to appeal a previous order that he had to pay for the private schooling, as ...

High Court permits life-saving amputation for 6-year-old despite parents' objections

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The judge commented that while the religious beliefs of the family are respected, the medical intervention was in the best interests of the child.

Celebrating a half-century of legal excellence: Judge Siraj Desai reflects on his journey

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This week marks the 50th anniversary of retired Judge Siraj Desai's admission as an attorney. It was a day filled with reflection, celebration, and an acknowledgment ...

Surrogacy applications fails on technical points

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It is attacking regulations of the National Health Act ...

Justice Maya poised to make history

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She is no stranger to the ConCourt, as she joined this court in September 2022, where she has written three of her own judgments to date.

Mother ordered to return her child to father in Australia

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The mother has not discharged the burden of proof resting upon her to demonstrate the existence of a grave risk of harm to the child in the event of his return to ...

Sex, lies and a video tape

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While the husband has denied showing anyone the recording, the woman, who has remarried, was told by others how he had shown portions of the recording to some of ...

R17m for brain-damaged child due to hospital staff negligence

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The North West High Court sitting in Mafikeng, earlier found that the staff at the hospital where the child was born were negligent which resulted in an order that ...

Judge calls halt to sex, lies and a video tape

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The husband has denied showing anyone the recording, the woman, who has remarried, was told by others how he had shown portions of the recording to some of his friends ...

Security guard with a passion for studying

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A security officer at Unisa, despite all odds, was so inspired by her family’s academic achievements that she also decided to enter academia, saying it is never ...

Kei the hero dog back on TV

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The advert tells a touching and emotional story of bravery, resilience, love and hope. But it also upset some people who felt it was too harrowing.

Dealership ordered to fix car with rust after lengthy appeal process

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Judge Nomsa Khumalo, Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, turned down an appeal and ruled that in line with the Consumer Protection Act, the dealership had to fix the ...

Looting alert after court bans cameras in cigarette factories

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Gift for illicit tobacco barons who ‘flood market’ with tax-evading products

Granny scammed by her grandchild

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Judge Stuart Wilson said it seems to him that the defendants purchased the Protea Glen property in their own name, but let the granny believe that they had purchased ...

Director to answer questions on church pyramid scheme donations

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Two of Pastor Joshua’s companies were earlier placed into provisional liquidation following claims that it had received more than R6 million from a pyramid scheme ...

Summons on the post box won’t suffice, judge rules

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A company with a default judgment against it succeeded in getting the ...