Africa/South Africa - Page 7
Storm builds over South Africa legal profession reforms
Leading lawyers have slammed the South African government over proposed legislation described as being the 'biggest threat to an independent legal profession' in the country's history.
Open flies
The legal team at South Africa's African National Congress has had some major issues on its plate since the country's first universal elections were held in 1994.
Black African lawyers suffer as state clients fail to pay
A host of black-owned South African law firms are fighting for survival as clients - including the government and state-owned enterprises -- balk at paying fees.
Elite crime fighters face action over alleged Zimbabwe renditions
South Africa's top crime busting unit has been threatened with international legal action by a Zimbabwean human rights group over an on-going probe into alleged rendition and killing of suspects.
Politicians aim to avoid court battle in toll dispute
A solution to the controversial question of tolling on the highways of South African province Guateng appears to be in the offing, with political - rather than legal - figures leading the way.
South Africa privacy law 'could create police state'
Critics rounded on the South African government earlier this week after Pretoria proposed a controversial 'secrecy law' that they fear would create a 'police state'.