Former Constitutional Court Judge Richard Goldstone has criticised the proposed Protection of Information Bill, warning that it could infringe on press freedom if passed into law in its current form, says an SABC News report.
Labour federation Cosatu has put together a policy proposal document calling for a radical revamp to how the country does business, says a City Press report.
Police generals have hit back at National Commissioner Bheki Cele after he linked them to corrupt procurement deals in Parliament, says a Sunday Times report.
National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu has ordered the Parliament's Defence Committee to resume work immediately on a Bill they boycotted because his sister, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, has been reluctant to provide them with crucial reports, says a report in The Times.
Nineteen out of the 34 Ministers in President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet, have failed to appear before Parliament for oral questioning, with no explanation for their absence, the DA said yesterday, according to a report on the IoL site.
The astonishing bidding war between rival computer giants Dell and HP, which has US commentators agog as both stalk data-storage provider 3PAR, has prompted company law experts Graeme Fraser and Veldra Morris - owners of www.companiesactonline.co.za - to shift the issue into the SA domain to see how such an unabashed power play might pan out under our company law.
One of the women suing the Namibian Government based on claims that their child-bearing years were cut short without their consent, testified in the High Court in Windhoek that she had given birth to her seventh child when she was sterilised against her will in the Katutura State Hospital.
The longest trial in Portugal's history is finally over, with seven defendants being convicted of using the country's Casa Pia orphanages to r ape and abuse scores of teenage boys in a case that has sent shockwaves through the country's political elite and raised serious concerns over the efficiency of Portugal's judiciary.
Prison overcrowding comes under parliamentary scrutiny this week when the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services (National Assembly) is briefed by the Justice Cluster (including the Law Society of SA) on the implementation of alternative sentencing and diversion, the bail protocol, impact of minimum sentencing and progress in the refurbishment of remand detention centres. The National Assembly's Police Committee will spend the week in clause-by-clause deliberations on the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill and the Trade and Industry Committee will host a workshop on the Intellectual Property Rights Amendment Bill. The Justice and Constitutional Development Committee will be briefed by the Office of the Public Protector on its quarterly performance.