Judge bars lawyers from collecting fees for “vexatious” land claim case: For years, law firm Sinama and Associates pursued a land claim with “no shred of evidence”, ending in a loss for the claimants
Source: GroundUp News.
Dysfunctional Compensation Fund leaves medical professionals “out of pocket”: “Doctors can’t give you a service without payment”
Source: GroundUp News.
Race to clear foster care backlog before November: Department of Social Development’s backlog still huge as new deadline looms
Source: GroundUp News.
Covid-19: Taxi commuters anxious about pandemic: City of Cape Town says it will implement a number of precautionary measures at public transport interchanges in the coming days
Source: GroundUp News.
The dumping of former farm workers can never be justified: There should be a moratorium on farm evictions
Source: GroundUp News.
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