Four lecturers at Port Elizabeth TVET College’s Iqhayiya Campus were given less than a month to pack up their belongings. The Labour Court has temporarily overturned the college’s decision. Photo: Joseph Chirume The Labour Court in Gqeberha has granted an interdict setting aside the termination of employment of four lecturers at the Port Elizabeth TVET College’s Iqhayiya … [Read more...] about Labour Court sets aside dismissal of immigrant lecturers
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Constitutional Court: where are the online records?
Online record-keeping at the Constitutional Court has been neglected of late, says the writer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Nurina Ally is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. She writes in her personal capacity. Views expressed are not necessarily those of GroundUp. The records on the Constitutional Court website are a crucial … [Read more...] about Constitutional Court: where are the online records?
Environmental activists revise pleas in “SLAPP case” brought by Australian miners
Archive photo of the orignal defendants in defamation suits brought by an Australian mining company (from left to right): environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan; Lutzville community activist Davine Cloete; social worker, author and commentator John GI Clarke; former Centre for Environmental Rights’ (CER) attorney Tracey Davies; Riaan Oberholzer; Wild Coast community activist … [Read more...] about Environmental activists revise pleas in “SLAPP case” brought by Australian miners
Limpopo villagers demand primary school for 400 learners
Every day six 65-seater buses take primary school learners and five buses transport high school learners to the nearest schools to Tshikhudini village in Limpopo. Photo supplied “I wake up around 4am, preparing my two grandchildren in grade R for school,” says Florah Mashathini from Tshikhudini village in Limpopo. “If I do not wake up that time, the children will not make it … [Read more...] about Limpopo villagers demand primary school for 400 learners
“Poo protests” turn violent in Gqeberha
A Nelson Mandela Bay truck was torched in Mission Road in Westville during a poo protest on Monday morning. Photo: Mkhuseli Sizani Protests erupted in two informal settlements in Gqeberha with tyres burnt, roads blocked and two trucks torched on Monday. The ward councillor said protests at Rolihlahla informal settlement were about demands for serviced sites. But numerous … [Read more...] about “Poo protests” turn violent in Gqeberha
