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The GroundUp roundup: a year in photos

Concourt did not legalise weed in the workplace – Labour Court rules

Employers have the right to enforce zero-tolerance policies outlawing the use of cannabis

Very few South Africans can swim, says the NSRI. It aims to change this

Drowning is one of the biggest causes of unnatural death in the world

How to get divorced without losing your money or your sanity

A mediator can reduce costs and psychological damage

Children caught using cannabis will no longer be criminally prosecuted

Concourt rules sections of Drugs act unconstitutional. But ruling makes it clear that the court does not condone drug use by children.

Employee who took leave in line with Zulu tradition didn’t cheat, says court

Labour Court found the man had not intended to be dishonest when he went twice to his “mother’s” funeral

Man accused of sexual predation loses defamation case

Court found that report to police accusing the man was not done in bad faith

Wealthy Durban businessman fails to keep R5.5-million out of reach of his estranged wife

Court rules against man who transferred money to a British Virgin Islands trust during the divorce trial

Video: How an organisation is giving Cape Flats children balls not guns

On average three children are killed in South Africa every day, according to UNICEF South Africa.

High Court wrong about law on foetuses under 26 weeks, Concourt rules

The court refused to confirm a Pretoria High Court ruling that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act are unconstitutional

Video: Eat a bug today!

Meet Phuti Kabasa and her thriving mopane worm business

Children with autism excluded from schools

Parents picket in Gqeberha

Parole backlog piling up on minister’s desk

Prisoners spend years in jail beyond their minimum detention periods waiting for parole

Funding crisis in North West as Social Development department fails to pay subsidies

One organisation has already had to close three offices

Cape Town suburb tries new approach to homelessness

The Devil’s Peak Vredehoek Outreach programme takes a new look at a chronic problem

Court sends strong message to vexatious litigants

Man who brought eight court applications in divorce disputes rebuked by judge