A case to be heard by the Constitutional Court this month is important for all social media users

The Special Investigating Unit has been slapped with a punitive costs order for its ‘wholly unfounded case’ against a company providing surgical masks to the Mpumalanga health department

Nedbank Namibia has come up short in a legal case after a commissioner of oaths failed to indicate the date on its affidavit for summary judgment in a repossession case

Two recent judgments in support of gay rights have come out of apex courts in Africa — one, in Kenya, safeguarding freedom of association, the other declaring a portion of the Mauritian penal code unconstitutional

Zambia’s chief justice Mumba Malila is facing a public backlash and demands that he step down after voicing support for gay rights. He’s not alone; a group of human rights lawyers have taken up the cause

In a victory for transparency, a case related to Mozambique’s $2bn ‘tuna bond’ corruption scandal will be heard in open court in the UK

Tanzania’s judges are not lax in making findings, but they are clearly loath to rule against the government

Two fresh cases illustrate legal failings by the country’s magistrates. In the first, the judicial officer effectively took over cross-examination; the second constituted ‘a grave miscarriage of justice’

Magistrates are the front line of the law, so it’s vital that they are well versed in judicial processes. In two recent cases, at least, this was not the case

Move over, Jacob Zuma. Former police officer and vexatious litigant David Chauke has perfected the stubborn art of fruitless and persistent litigation