by rendani | Jun 26, 2017 | Law Focus, News
Everyone is entitled to a bail hearing within the first 42 hours of their arrest. In ‘interrogating bail’, Law Focus uses recent bail hearings to explore the contentions of injustice spotted in the media lately. We discuss the story of paraplegic Ronnie Fakude who...
by rendani | May 17, 2017 | Law Focus, News
Shocking stories of #TaxiRape have surfaced in the media, bringing the discussion of women’s safety at taxi ranks to the fore. Together with Soul City Institute for Social Justice we discuss safe public transport for women, regulation of the taxi industry and...
by rendani | May 8, 2017 | Law Focus, News
Imagine being locked away in a prison cell after receiving a life sentence for a crime you did not commit. That is the life of Thembekile Mulaudzi who was wrongly convicted for the murder of a police man. On Law Focus we speak to Thembekile, his lawyer and the...
by rendani | May 4, 2017 | Law Focus, News
Lindela Repatriation Center is a “place of waiting” for foreign nationals awaiting deportation. Human Rights organizations, legal services and university researchers have voiced concerns over human rights violations and ill treatment that detainees face at the hands...
by rendani | Apr 10, 2017 | Law Focus, News
Law focus looks at the Protected Disclosures Act and the amendments put forward to protect whistleblowers from civil and criminal liability. Whistleblowing is an integral part of a functioning democracy and the protection afforded to whistleblowers has to be...
by rendani | Mar 24, 2017 | Law Focus, News
The Constitutional Court ruled that South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) are under a constitutional obligation to continue to pay social grants on 1 April until another entity is able to do so. Tonight we unpack the history of...
