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ChatGPT – do you copy?

Raw Story Media Inc v OpenAI Inc 24 Civ 01514 (SDNY Nov 7, 2024) A digital news outlet, Raw Story Media, brought an infringement claim in the United States (US) […]

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A deal is a deal: Constitutional damages as a possible remedy for contractual breaches by the state

Greater Tzaneen Municipality v Bravospan 252 CC 2025 (1) SA 557 (CC) Commercial dealings between municipalities and organs of state (the state) on one hand and business entities on the […]

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An agreement that lapses due to the failure to fulfil suspensive conditions cannot be revived through amendments or addenda

Vantage Goldfields SA (Pty) Ltd v Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 853/2023, 9-1-2025) (Zondi DP and Nicholls and Meyer JJA and Coppin and […]

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Caution against directors who dip into the company’s cookie jar

By Uzukhanye Myoywana Smuts v Kromelboog Conservation Services (Pty) Ltd and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 511/2023, 14-11-2024) (Dambuza, Mabindla-Boqwana and Molefe JJA and Hendricks and Baartman AJJA) It often […]

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New legislation – March 2025

By Shanay Sewbalas and Keagan Smith   Legislation published from 23 December 2024 – 24 January 2025   Acts   Adjustments Appropriation Act 49 of 2024 The date of commencement: […]

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Employment law update – ‘He said, she said’ claims of sexual harassment

In Skinner v Ekapa Mining and Others [2025] 1 BLLR 60 (LC), Mr Skinner (the Employee) was employed by Ekapa Mining as an acting shift boss who supervised a team […]

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Recent articles and research – March 2025

Abbreviation Title Publisher Volume/issue AHRLJ African Human Rights Law Journal Centre for Human Rights, Department of Law, University of Pretoria (2024) 24.2 CCR Constitutional Law Review NISC (Pty) Ltd (2024) […]

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Letters to the Editor – January/February 2025

PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make their identities […]

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People and practices – January/February 2025

DSC Attorneys in Cape Town has appointed Franco Rheeder and Robyn Conradie as legal practitioners. All People and practices submissions are converted to the De Rebus house style. Please note, […]

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Famous South African legal practitioners – Beauclerk Upington (1873-1938)

Most would agree that there is much to learn from those who excel in their field. This series of short biographical sketches of famous South African lawyers will hopefully be […]

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