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AfriForum to appeal hate speech ruling
AfriForum says it will appeal judgment in the matter against the EFF. The High Court in Johannesburg found that the…
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AfriForum’s ‘Kill the Boer’ case dismissed
Judgment has been handed down in the AfriForum vs EFF matter in the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday. The…
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SCA reserves judgment in Jacob Zuma’s medical parole appeal bid
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has reserved judgment in former president Jacob Zuma’s appeal application to overturn a high…
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Jacob Zuma back in court over medical parole
Former president Jacob Zuma is challenging a High Court ruling declaring his release on parole unlawful. Zuma served less than…
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Residents do the dirty work despite metro police warnings in Tshwane
Pretoria North residents and businesses owners decided to take matters into their own hands by cleaning streets and fixing potholes…
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AfriForum slams Eskom’s proposed 32.66% tariff hike
Civil rights organization AfriForum penned a pithy letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, blasting Eskom’s plan to hike its electricity tariff…
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Jacob Zuma to appeal high court ruling that set side his medical parole
According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the only explanation for former statesman Jacob Zuma’s release from prison on medical parole,…
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Ex-AfriForum employee who swindled over R1 million sentenced
A former manager at AfriForum in the Free State has been sentenced in the Bloemfontein Regional Court for fraud and…
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Organisation threatens legal action over COVID-19 regulations
Business organization Sakeliga is threatening legal action over COVID-19 regulations. It’s given the President and Health Minister an ultimatum to…
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AfriForum says banning apartheid flag tantamount to censorship
AfriForum says banning the old apartheid flag is tantamount to censorship. The lobby group is making its submissions before the…
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Nelson Mandela Foundation wants AfriForum’s flag bid dismissed
The Nelson Mandela Foundation wants AfriForum’s bid dismissed with costs. AfriForum is appealing a High Court decision to ban the…
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AfriForum to appeal judgment banning apartheid flag
AfriForum is heading to the Supreme Court of Appeals to overturn the 2019 ruling banning the display of the old…
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AfriForum threatens legal action over plans to promulgate new health regulations
AfriForum is threatening to take the government to court if it goes ahead with its plans to promulgate the controversial…
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Gerrie Nel: Senzo Meyiwa murder trial a chance for closure for family
The murder trial is a chance for the family of Senzo Meyiwa to gain closure, according to Gerrie Nel, head…
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AfriForum threatens legal action over new health regulations
Civil rights organization AfriForum has threatened to take the government to court over the proposed new health regulations. The potential…
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AfriForum continues to apply pressure on Mbalula’s office over driving licences
Civil organisation AfriForum says although the Transport Department has extended the validity period of driving licences, it is not a…
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AfriForum continues fight to overturn govt’s R50 million donation to Cuba
Lobby group AfriForum will have to convince a court that the government’s decision to donate R50 million to Cuba should…
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Afriforum successfully interdicts Dirco’s R50 million Cuba donation
Civil rights organization AfriForum on Tuesday successfully interdicted the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) from making a R50…
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Afriforum wants Fikile Mbalula to be prosecuted
Afriforum wants to know whether Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula will be prosecuted or not. The Civil Rights group says Mbalula…
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AfriForum is planning to take Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to court
AfriForum is planning to take Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to court. They want the grace period for expired driver’s licences…
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Gunner: Anti-apartheid songs still have a place in a democratic SA
The debate over whether the song “Dubula ibhunu” (meaning ‘Kill the Boer’) is hate speech or heritage continues in the…
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Julius Malema: Violent crimes to blame for farm murders, not chanting songs
EFF leader Julius Malema said violent crime was to blame for farm murders and not the chanting of anti-apartheid songs.…
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Julius Malema didn’t conceptualise ‘kill the boer’ song – lawyer
The lawyer representing the EFF in its case against lobby group AfriForum has argued that party leader Julius Malema did…
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EFF and AfriForum back in court over song, ‘Shoot the Boer’
AfriForum wants the EFF and its leaders to apologize publicly and pay for damages. That’s for singing the anti-apartheid song…
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Pressure mounts on Cyril Ramaphosa to end state of disaster
With just three weeks left to the end of the state of disaster which has been imposed to contain Covid-19,…
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AfriForum welcomes court ruling over 2021 Matric results
AfriForum is celebrating its victory at the High Court in Pretoria. The lobby group asked the court to reverse a…
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Umalusi approves 2021 matric results
Quality assurer, Umalusi, has approved the 2021 final matric results. This comes ahead of the release of the results on…
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Latest: Matric results to be published
Matric results will be published on Thursday. Judge Anthony Millar has granted the urgent application brought by AfriForum, Maroela Media,…
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AfriForum rushes to court to challenge decision not to publicise Matric results
AfriForum heads to court on Tuesday to challenge the decision not to publish Matric exam results. Maroela Media and Anlé…
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Court set to decide on the publication of Matric results
Court set to decide on the publication of Matric results. AfriForum and Maroela Media have made an urgent application at…
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Jacob Zuma back in court to appeal against order to return to jail
Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have another date with the bench today, with his application for leave to appeal against…
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AfriForum to oppose Jacob Zuma’s medical parole ruling appeal
AfriForum says it will oppose former president Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal the Pretoria High Court’s judgment that reversed his…
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Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal return to jail to be heard next week
Former president Jacob Zuma’s leave to appeal a recent judgement ordering he return to prison will be heard on Tuesday…
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Department of Correctional Services to appeal court judgment on Jacob Zuma medical parole
The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that it will also be appealing the High Court judgment on the medical…
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John Steenhuisen: Sending Zuma back to prison is a victory for equality before the law
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has welcomed the Pretoria High Court’s judgment on Wednesday morning, which ruled in favour…
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Jacob Zuma ordered to go back to prison; courts says his medical parole was unlawful
The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday morning ruled that former national commissioner of correctional services Arthur Fraser’s decision to place…
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AfriForum’s urgent bid to challenge lockdown curfew dismissed
The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday dismissed AfriForum’s urgent bid to have the national curfew declared unconstitutional and set…
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AfriForum encourages vaccination, but warns govt against making it mandatory
Lobby group AfriForum said while they didn’t plan to fight businesses, they were prepared for a court battle should the…
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Suzman Foundation tells court decision to grant Jacob Zuma parole must be set aside
The Helen Suzman Foundation has told the High Court in Pretoria that the decision to grant former President Jacob Zuma…
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AfriForum calls on Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to end national curfews
Lobby group AfriForum is calling for an end to national curfews. The group’s legal team has sent a letter of…
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Arthur Fraser details reasons behind Jacob Zuma’s medical parole in court papers
Former Correctional Services national commissioner Arthur Fraser has yet again defended his decision to release former president Jacob Zuma on…
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Senzo Meyiwa family suspects cover-up
It’s exactly seven years since Senzo Meyiwa was killed and a date has finally been set for his murder trial.…
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Mastermind behind Senzo Meyiwa’s murder still out there, says AfriForum
AfriForum maintains that the mastermind behind Senzo Meyiwa’s murder is still out there. The lobby group has been helping the…
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AfriForum accuses ANC of distorting history
Civil rights organisation AfriForum has released a report – conducted by think-tank Opinor – accusing the ANC of distorting history.…
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EFF rejects return of Afrikaans at Unisa, asks for Swahili instruction
In a statement on Friday night, the Economic Freedom Fighters weighed in on the recent Constitutional Court decision that Afrikaans…
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AfriForum wins battle to have Afrikaans as medium of teaching at Unisa again
AfriForum has won its battle to have Afrikaans used as a medium of teaching at Unisa. The organization took Unisa…
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Court bid to overturn Jacob Zuma medical parole decision
Three organizations have launched a court bid to obtain the reasons for former president Jacob Zuma’s release on medical parole…
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AfriForum takes aim against illegal tapping in South Africa
The civil rights organization AfriForum is taking legal action against the unlawful interception of communication, after the designated judge for…
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AfriForum files court papers to review Jacob Zuma release
Civil rights organisation, AfriForum on Wednesday said it served an urgent court application, against six respondents in the case regarding…
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Public Protector asked to probe eNatis system
The Public Protector has been asked to investigate the eNatis system and how it is managed. There are an estimated…
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