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Spotlight On: Ashinaga

Ashinaga's Africa Initiative programme enables talented, orphaned students from across sub-Saharan Africa to access higher education and leadership development training through fully funded scholarships.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Claim For Equal Benefits For Parents Of Newborn Or Adopted Children.

The High Court handed down a judgment in the case of Van Wyk and others v Minister of Employment and Labour and others scrutinising certain provisions...

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Was The Decision By The NPA To Remove Counterfeit Goods Matters From The Commercial Crimes Court In Line With The Right Of Access To Justice As Set Out In Section 34 Of The Constitution?

South Africa is a constitutional democracy, which means that it is a country which observes human rights principles and is governed by the rule of law.

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Adams & Adams

The SCA Ruled That Directives Issued By The South African Human Right Commission's Are Not Binding

The principal issue before the Supreme Court of Appeal (the "SCA") in the case of South African Human Rights Commission v Agro Data CC & Another was whether the South African Human Rights Commission

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ENS

Legal Innovation That Helped Shape South Africa's Diverse Culture

South Africa Employment

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Andersen in South Africa

Addressing Domestic Violence In South Africa: An Overview Of The Amendments To The Domestic Violence Act

South Africa Government

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Fasken

Dignity: A Cornerstone Of Human Rights- A Grassroots Approach

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The Children's Amendment Bill (The "Bill")

South Africa Family

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Fasken

Should Legal Practitioners Claim Advice To Family And Friends As Community Service?

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

What Does The Law Say About Bullying?

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

Update On Sperm Donor's Battle To See "His Child"

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

Sperm Donor's Battle To See "His Child"

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

Looming String Of Civil Action Against The Municipality Amid The Human Rights Commission's Report On Vaal River?

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

The Registrar General Of Lesotho Retires

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

Will October 2025 See The End Of South Africa's Greylisting Headache?

South Africa Government

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The AI Trade Secret Tug-of-war

South Africa IP

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FSCA Unveils OMNI-Risk Return: A New Era For Risk

South Africa Finance

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Too Big To Regulate: Who Guards The Giants? Inside South Africa's SIFI Rulebook

South Africa Finance

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Breaking The Mould: Constitutional Court's Landmark Parental Leave Ruling

South Africa Employment

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Africa Update 2020 – Eswatini (Swaziland)

During March 2019, at the request of the Royal Swaziland Police, our Anti-Counterfeiting Team met with senior members of the Police to assist in developing and strategizing...

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

[Un]Lawful Sterilisation In South Africa

Over the past few years, there have been reports in South Africa of women being wrongfully sterilised.

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

Think Twice Before Restraining Environmental Activism

Current events have been kicking-up the dust on a number of pressing issues in our world and perhaps, it is about time.

South Africa Environment

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Know Your Rights When You Are Being Harassed

Harassment will probably not be a topic unknown to most readers of this article. The fact it is, all of us at some stage of our lives has been subjected to harassment in some form whether directly

South Africa Government

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SchoemanLaw Inc.

The Pro Bono & Human Rights Practice: A Glimpse Into 2019

South Africa Government

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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Victory Against HIV Discrimination

South Africa Employment

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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Withers Advocates For Reproductive Rights Of Women In Malawi

South Africa Government

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Withers LLP

A Comparative View Of Access To Justice From A South African And UK Perspective

South Africa Litigation

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Adams & Adams

The Thorny Issue Of Cultural Appropriation

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

How Intellectual Property Rights Are Human Rights

South Africa Government

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Adams & Adams

True Or False: Luxury Brands Are The Only Targets Of Counterfeiters – Protecting Fast-Moving Consumer Goods From Counterfeiters

South Africa Consumer

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KISCH IP

South African Human Rights Commission Identifies Issues With Affirmative Action And Employment Equity Provisions

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Offensive Trade Marks vs Free Speech

South Africa IP

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Zuma Forgot To Reshuffle The Equality Act

South Africa Government

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Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes

True Or False: Luxury Brands Are The Only Targets Of Counterfeiters – Protecting Fast-Moving Consumer Goods From Counterfeiters

This is a sure way of achieving the desired results.

South Africa Consumer

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KISCH IP

South African Human Rights Commission Identifies Issues With Affirmative Action And Employment Equity Provisions

In its report, the Commission highlighted the following issues.

South Africa Government

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Offensive Trade Marks vs Free Speech

The issue of offensive trade marks rumbles on. In 2017, the landmark US decision in Matal v Tam came after the founder of an Asian-American rock group sought trade mark registration for the band's name, The Slants.

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Zuma Forgot To Reshuffle The Equality Act

The recent decision taken by President Jacob Zuma to sack Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and reshuffle cabinet has certainly fuelled the already raging fire of dissent felt by many South African citizens alike.

South Africa Government

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Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes

Final B-BBEE Thresholds Announced – Casting The Net Wider

South Africa Government

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No Free Lunches

The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act repealed the South African Corruption Act. It constitutes one of the most far reaching anti corruption statutes in the world.

South Africa Criminal

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Werksmans Attorneys

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