The CCMA found Seth Nthai's former secretary failed to provide credible explanations for her delay in launching the case.She blamed her mental state after her resignation, among others, for her delay.The application was dismissed by the CCMA.The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has dismissed an application by advocate Seth Nthai's former company secretary…
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at a parliamentary meeting in October 2019. The Constitutional Court has dismissed Public Protector Busisiswe Mkhwebane's bid for leave to appeal the judgment against her Estina dairy farm project report."The Constitutional Court has considered this application for leave to appeal. It has concluded that the application should be dismissed as it…
Judge Raymond Zondo, chairperson of the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture, has dismissed an application by former Prasa chairperson Tintswalo Makhubela, a sitting judge in Gauteng, to have her hearing postponed.Makhubela and her legal counsel, Advocate Mxolisi Nxasana, appeared before the commission on Monday to argue for a postponement. After this was denied, Nxasana…
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application for direct access by a group of concerned citizens who wanted to have the lockdown regulations declared invalid.This after the Western Cape High Court dismissed their application.The Constitutional Court found it would not be in the interests of justice to hear…
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the DA's bid to have the Disaster Management Act declared unconstitutional.The apex court refused an application by the DA for direct access. They had argued that the Act - invoked under the Covid-19 lockdown - placed too much power in the hands of the minister.The Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed the DA's application…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out