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Education Activist says Ramaphosa should ensure all clauses in the Bela Bill comply with the constitution

By Rachel Mohamed Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure that the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA) is constitutional before he signs it into law. He asked the president to confirm that the mother tongue education clauses were correct. According to Makaneta, it is imperative that the bill upholds the Constitution and advances students' rights to an education in their mother tongue. The president is […]

today12 September 2024

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ANC won’t amend Constitution to address illegal migration concerns

The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the Migration Policy Framework which seeks to address illegal migration – a prominent feature of the conference, as the rise of anti-immigrant groups have forced government to face the issue head […]

today5 March 2023

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ConCourt to hear OUTA’s application regarding AARTO Act

NATIONAL The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hear an application by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) for the confirmation of an order made by the High Court in Pretoria, declaring the AARTO Act and the Amendment Act unconstitutional and invalid. The High Court handed down its judgment earlier this year. AARTO is the legislation that provides for the penalising of drivers and operators of motor vehicles guilty of traffic […]

today16 November 2022

News

Victorious WLC urges State to fast-track legislation recognizing Muslim marriages

By Tauhierah Salie The Women’s Legal Centre has urged the State to fast-track legislation recognizing Muslim Marriages in South Africa. The Centre took government to court in 2014, in a bid to prove that muslim women married in accordance with Sharia law, and their subsequent children, were unfairly discriminated against and deprived of rights and services related to divorce and property. The Constitutional court agreed that certain sections of the […]

today29 June 2022

International News

Qatar: Discrimination suffered by women laid bare in new report

Women in Qatar have complained of being "treated as children", as a new report reveals the extent to which male guardianship laws restrict their ability to receive gynaecological exams and travel overseas. Women who spoke to Human Rights Watch said medical staff would need their husband or male guardian's permission for prenatal care, transvaginal ultrasounds, pap smears and sexual health checks. Other restrictions uncovered by HRW also showed that women […]

today30 March 2021

International News

Celebrations in Chile as voters back rewriting constitution

Tens of thousands of Chileans have taken to Santiago’s main square in celebration after people across the country overwhelmingly backed re-writing Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution that many see as the root cause of the country’s social and economic inequalities. In Santiago’s Plaza Italia, the focus of the massive and often violent protests last year which sparked the demand for a new charter, fireworks rose above huge crowds of jubilant people singing […]

today26 October 2020

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ANC’s plans for South African pensions, prescribed assets and land

ANC economic policy chief, Enoch Godongwana, has outlined some of the key aspects of the party’s draft economic recovery plan – including the use of prescribed assets and pensions. Godongwana said via webinar on Monday (17 August) that the party is moving away from the use of prescribed assets, and is instead focusing on changes to regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act. The regulation currently limits the extent to […]

today18 August 2020

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Land expropriation: Deadline for written submissions on constitutional amendment looms

The deadline is fast approaching for written submissions on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation. In a statement, the ad hoc committee to amend the Constitution reminded the public that written submissions should be received by no later than January 31, 2020. The committee approved the Bill in early December before it was opened for public comment. It […]

today15 January 2020

International News

Turkey looks set to swap one state of emergency for another

When the clock struck midnight on Wednesday, Turkey's state of emergency was officially over - and yet new legislation could see many of its controversial provisions remain for at least another three years. The draft law, which will be presented to the Turkish parliament on Thursday and is set to be put to a vote on Monday, has been prepared by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as a […]

today19 July 2018

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