Articles for Tania Broughton

Municipality fights editor’s victory

Makhado Municipality applies for leave to appeal against court ruling on access to tender details

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News | 23 September 2020

Tenacious editor wins battle for transparency

Magistrate hands down powerful judgment on the right to access information

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Law | 17 September 2020

What’s the limit for free speech? Concourt to hear Qwelane case

Civil society organisations have made court submissions on both sides of the debate

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Law | 15 September 2020

Online petition on evicting domestic abusers got court ruling wrong

Judges emphasise that procedural fairness must be upheld

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Law | 4 September 2020

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Supply of electricity is intertwined with the right to dignity, life and housing, says judge

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Law | 2 September 2020

Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

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News | 27 August 2020

PRASA appointment unlawful, says court

#UniteBehind took Fikile Mbalula to court for appointing Bongisizwe Mpondo as administrator

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News | 25 August 2020

Concourt efficiency is declining

Average time for judgment takes over six months now compared to less than four months in 2017

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Law | 17 August 2020

Poor quality food being given to learners, say activists

Angie Motshekga’s school feeding report slammed

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News | 6 August 2020

Still no water in Limpopo villages after five court orders

Villages in Flag Boshielo West, Limpopo, have almost no access to water

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Law | 5 August 2020

Eight provincial ministers miss court deadline for school feeding scheme reports

Nutritional needs of millions of children at stake

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Law | 4 August 2020

Criminalising cannabis use by children is unconstitutional, court rules

Court hears children are languishing for months in detention for trivial offences

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Law | 3 August 2020

Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship

Constitutional Court says that Home Affairs conduct is “brazenly incompetent”, intransigent, indifferent and inefficient

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Law | 24 July 2020

Whistleblower report reveals widespread health care corruption

Elderly, women and children most affected, says Corruption Watch

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News | 22 July 2020

Workers in Cape wine industry face “job massacre”

Over a dozen wine farms are taking government to court over the new blanket ban on alcohol sales

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News | 21 July 2020

Court finds that government failed to feed children

Education ministers must immediately roll out National Schools Nutrition Programme

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Law | 17 July 2020