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Analysis: proliferation of medical negligence cases – Are lawyers to blame?

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Recent comments by the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi exclaiming concern at the spurt in growth of numbers of medical malpractice lawsuits against practitioners and the state require closer examination. The...

March 20, 2015  By Lucky Mkhize   Posted In  Analysis  Featured 
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U.S.: Obamacare faces another challenge

Stephen Wermiel/ScotusBlog "When the Supreme Court takes up the Affordable Care Act again on March 4, the fate of President Obama’s health-care law will once again be on the line, as it was in 2012. Only this time, the Court will be playing a different...

February 19, 2015  By Law Thinker    Posted In  Courts  Featured 
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“Whatever you do, do not offend the Muslims” – and similar racist hogwash!

Image: Ben Ledbetter/Flickr On Wednesday, 7 January 2015, gunmen equipped with automatic rifles stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly, and killed 10 journalists and two police officers. Charlie Hebdo has, on occasion, published...

January 12, 2015  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Featured 
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VIDEO: Why the ICC prosecutor withdrew charges against Kenyatta

Image: Uhuru Kenyatta/Flickr December 5, 2014 -- The ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has announced her decision to withdraw charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. Her decision came after the Trial Chamber [5B], on 3 December 2014, declined...

December 6, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Africa  Featured  Governance  Human Rights 
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Judiciaries in Africa: Supreme Court of Kenya rules on judicial independence

IMAGE: By K.Gituma via Wikimedia Commons On 5 November 2014, the Supreme Court of Kenya (Nairobi) handed down a judgment in Judges & Magistrates Vetting Board v Centre for Human Rights & Democracy. The case was on appeal from the Court of Appeal...

November 17, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Featured 
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South Africa: RH v DE – adultery no longer a ground for damages

On 26 September 2014, Justice Brand ruled on behalf of the full Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) bench that, “[I]n the light of the changing mores of our society, the delictual action based on adultery of the innocent spouse has become outdated and can no longer...

September 29, 2014  By Cebo Nzuzonhle Nzuza   Posted In  Case Notes  Courts  Featured 
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Is it because Oscar Pistorius is privileged white male?

Judge Masipa’s verdict in the Oscar Pistorius trial has caused quite a public furore. Contrary to the public’s chants that Pistorius should burn at the stake, she ruled that Pistorius did not have the requisite intention to commit murder and she convicted...

September 14, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Courts  Featured 
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JUDGE MASIPA GOT IT RIGHT: Oscar Pistorius and the intention to kill

Cambridge, Massachusetts---Yesterday Judge Masipa, sitting at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, handed down part of her much-anticipated judgment in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. To much public dismay, she held that the State failed to prove...

September 12, 2014  By Brad Cibane   Posted In  Analysis  Criminal Law  Featured 
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South Africa: The ANC’s ‘attacks’ on Public Protector may reinforce our young constitutional democracy

Many South Africans from all corners of the country have expressed an annoyance at the African National Congress' (ANC) apparent attack on the Public Protector, Ms Thuli Madonsela. The ANC is arguing that the Public Protector is not doing her work in compliance...

September 1, 2014  By Akhona Ntanjana   Posted In  Analysis  Constitutional Law  Featured  Governance  Op-Ed 
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