Judge Davis irked by JSC questions about Hlophe

Cape Judge Dennis Davis did not take kindly to questions put to him on Monday about Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

D-Day for Concourt candidates

The Judicial Service Commission's grilling of candidate judges for the Constitutional Court positions kicks off in Soweto on Sunday.

Davis likens ANC to Nats

The political climate, with members of the ruling party labelling senior judges "counter-revolutionary" resembles that of the nationalist government.

Price-fixing appeal goes sour for Clover

The Competition Appeal Court has rejected a bid by dairy producers Clover and Ladismith Cheese to avoid a price-fixing hearing.

Civil society sprouts another champion

With celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the UDF barely over, another broad-based, left-leaning civil society grouping having been launched.

A friendly network is coming your way

Value Added Network Services operators now have their legal foot in the door and a central regulatory barrier is set to crumble like the Berlin wall.

Zimbabwe election crisis: Where to from here?

A crisis in Zimbabwe? What crisis? This question was debated by three high-ranking Zimbabwean opposition politicians at the Mail & Guardian's Critical Thinking Forum in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. "We expect too much of South Africa," said one panellist. "There is a limit to what South Africa can do."

My rights versus your beliefs

The chief rabbi's confident claim of the importance of the newly published Bill of Responsibilities raises the question of the role of religion in the development of our constitutional society. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, as we shall show, but does religion promote the Constitution, as the rabbi claims?

Fidentia chief's application 'an abuse of judicial system'

An application in the Cape High Court on Monday, concerning sequestration proceedings involving Fidentia's J Arthur Brown and his wife, Susan, was "an abuse of the judicial system", Cape High Court Judge Dennis Davis said. In December last year, Judge Davis ordered the provisional sequestration of Brown and his wife's joint estate.

Estate of Fidentia boss, wife provisionally sequestrated

The joint estate of former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown and his wife, Susan, was on Tuesday placed under provisional sequestration by the Cape High Court. This followed an application by the curators of the Fidentia group of companies, who claimed that the Browns owed Fidentia just over R24-million.