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For more than 160 years Juta and Company have been associated with quality Law, Education, and Academic publishing in Southern Africa. Drawing on our heritage of authority and excellence, Juta has remained relevant by embracing technological innovation and diversifying beyond publishing to offer e-learning and technology-led inform

ation solutions. EDUCATION: Transforming talent to develop extraordinary professionals

Juta is the trusted southern African provider of first-in-class, locally relevant, technology-enabled content and solutions that enhance learning performance. Our comprehensive, accessible and customisable tertiary content and tools efficiently deliver education institutions’ curricula and promote student throughput. PROFESSIONAL: Optimising efficiency and advancing legal and business proficiencies

Harnessing industry-leading AI-powered legal technology to leverage our vast African legal, regulatory and professional content in new and innovative ways. LEADERS IN EDTECH, LEGALTECH & LAW TECH: Diversifying beyond traditional digital solutions

EdTech solutions aimed at enhancing learning outcomes. LegalTech tools that empower legal professionals to become more effective and efficient. LawTech platforms that deliver the law to SMEs and individuals and enable them to self-serve.

14/07/2026

The 23rd Annual Labour Law Update (JALL) is coming to Pretoria, bringing together South Africa's leading labour law experts to unpack the latest developments shaping the workplace.

Gain practical insights into recent case law, legislative updates and emerging trends that every HR professional, legal practitioner and business leader needs to know.

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14/07/2026

[ IN THIS WEEK'S IBA LEGALBRIEF AFRICA ]

Sudanese paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is facing increasing pressure, with its leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo receiving an in absentia death sentence amid damning declarations by the UN and the International Criminal Court. It comes as the European Parliament makes a bid to deem it a terrorist organisation. The sentence against Daglo and 15 others are for the killing of a regional governor and war crimes in Darfur, and is the first against the leadership of the RSF since war broke out in April 2023.

In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to investigate major global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and unlawful exploitation of the content of Nigerian media organisations. The move followed a joint petition submitted to the Presidency by the Nigerian Press Organisation, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers.

The High Court has ordered MTN Uganda to pay more than Shs2.3bn ($625 000) in damages to former senior manager Richard Mwami after finding that the telecoms company maliciously instigated criminal proceedings against him, despite evidence clearing him in a multibillion-shilling mobile money fraud case. In his judgment, Justice Isaac Bonny Teko held that MTN was the ‘moving force’ behind Mwami’s prosecution. Mwami was among the first officials to detect suspicious transactions on the company’s mobile money platform in December 2011.

Also in Uganda, four farmers filed a case against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) at the UK's High Court this week, seeking to have Ugandan constitutional, environmental and climate law applied to Eacop Ltd, the UK-registered company financing the project. Rights NGO Avaaz, which is supporting the case, has called it the ‘first-of-its-kind’ litigation against the $5.6bn project, led by French energy giant TotalEnergies, which holds the majority stake.

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10/07/2026

In this week’s Medical Brief…

Costly new generation weight loss drugs are unaffordable for most people, which has opened up a black market for cheaper, unregistered and untested versions of the medicines being sold across the country, posing a public health threat, as highlighted by a newspaper exposé and unpacked by Bhekisisa health journalist activists.

A joint investigation into the deaths of six KwaZulu-Natal healthcare professionals has found no direct link with victimisation, workplace bullying or adverse working conditions, according to Health Ombud Professor Taole Mokoena, who warned, however, that serious systemic challenges continue to affect healthcare workers across the province.

And the Board of Healthcare Funders conference this week heard that crooked doctors, exorbitant overcharging, and procurement irregularities are pushing health costs sky-high, with as much as 15% of all healthcare claims being affected by fraud, waste and abuse, according to the Special Investigating Unit.

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[IN MEDICALBRIEF] Why Did I Become A DoctorAt just 19 years old, Luvaan Rooyan is the youngest guest yet to feature on W...
08/07/2026

[IN MEDICALBRIEF]

Why Did I Become A Doctor

At just 19 years old, Luvaan Rooyan is the youngest guest yet to feature on Why Did I Become a Doctor? — and his journey to becoming a dentist has already been anything but ordinary.

After surviving a serious car accident that left him with a broken spine and fractures in his dominant right hand, Rooyan refused to let the setback derail his dream of entering the healthcare profession. In this episode, he shares how determination, resilience, and a clear vision for his future helped him overcome the odds and secure a place in dental studies.

MedicalBrief readers receive early access to this latest episode, where Rooyan offers a Gen Z perspective on choosing dentistry, balancing career ambitions with quality of life, and pursuing a healthcare vocation with purpose.

Listen to Rooyan's story and explore more inspiring conversations with healthcare professionals: https://bit.ly/4vU0MS4

07/07/2026

[In Legalbrief Case Law Briefs]

WCLAA REGULATIONS 4(1) AND 4(6) DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL

In Adonisi and Others v Minister for Transport and Public Works, Western Cape and Others; Minister of Human Settlements and Another v Minister for Transport and Public Works, Western Cape and Others, Constitutional Court struck down as constitutionally invalid the Western Cape land disposal regulations that provides for public comment only after a sale contract was already signed.

Reasons: Section 3 of the Western Cape Land Administration Act 6 of 1998 (WCLAA) requires the Premier, before disposing of provincial state land, to publish notice of the "proposed disposal" and invite written representations within 21 days. Regulation 4(6) and the proviso in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations (Provincial Notice 595, Gazette 5296, 16 October 1998) redefined "proposed disposal" to mean only a contract already duly signed by the Province after internal valuation processes, with public comment sought only thereafter, subject to a right to resile. Relying on Minister of Finance v Afribusiness, the Court held delegated legislation cannot narrow an empowering Act's purpose. By deferring participation until after a binding contract existed, the regulations reversed the onus onto the public to undo a decision already made, rather than to influence it — undermining meaningful participation, especially given the historical significance of land access rights under sections 25 and 26. This rendered the regulations inconsistent with section 3 of the WCLAA and unconstitutional.

The Court declared Regulation 4(6) and the proviso in regulation 4(1) of the WCLAA Regulations unconstitutional and invalid, suspended for 12 months to allow the defect to be remedied.

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07/07/2026

[ IN THIS WEEK'S IBA LEGALBRIEF AFRICA ]

The African Union (AU) is scrambling to find funding for its 12 000-strong peace keeping mission in Somalia after the US indicated that it would no longer financially support the UN's ongoing efforts to stabilise the volatile country. Washington said the decision was due to the government’s lack of progress in containing the Islamist al-Shabaab group or taking ownership of its own security functions. Somalia has been battling the insurgency for around two decades but the al Qaeda-linked militants still control large swathes of the country.

And in the latest in a series of deals that have caused controversy in some African countries, the US has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania to invest more than $1.3bn in its health sector over the next five years. The agreement is similar to those struck with countries including Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda under US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First Global Health Strategy’, designed to make poorer nations more self-reliant as the US has dismantled foreign aid programmes. In some countries the pacts have run into resistance over concerns about conditions like allowing access to minerals and sharing personal health data and bio materials.

A new UN Group of Experts report paints the clearest picture yet of the M23 rebel group's military strength and political ambitions in eastern DRC, while highlighting the movement’s increasingly close ties with former President Joseph Kabila. The report suggests that this evolving relationship could culminate in a major restructuring of the rebel alliance, even as fighting continues across North and South Kivu. Kabila has become an increasingly prominent figure in the M23's political trajectory, according to the UN Group of Experts.

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07/07/2026

[In Legalbrief Case Law Briefs]

CITY AND PROVINCE HAVE FAILED TO UNDO APARTHEID’S SPATIAL LEGACY

In Adonisi and Others v Minister for Transport and Public Works, Western Cape and Others; Minister of Human Settlements and Another v Minister for Transport and Public Works, Western Cape and Others, the Constitutional Court found that Cape Town city and Western Cape provincial government had failed in their duty to undo apartheid's spatial legacy through housing policy, and that plans on paper are not enough without concrete delivery in well-located areas.

Reasons: Sections 25(5) and 26 of the Constitution require the state to take reasonable measures, within available resources, to progressively realise equitable access to land and adequate housing — and location must be treated as a relevant factor, given the constitutional imperative to redress apartheid-era spatial injustice (Grootboom; Thubakgale). Both the City and Province pointed to numerous housing frameworks (the City's Spatial Development Framework, Integrated Human Settlement Framework and Transit-Oriented Development Strategy; the Province's Individual Housing Subsidy and Community Residential Units programmes) and thousands of completed units. However, almost none of these developments fell within the Cape Town CBD or its immediate surrounds (Salt River, Woodstock, Observatory) or Sea Point — areas identified as historically significant and well-located. The Court held that policies and "pipeline" projects on paper, without tangible implementation in these areas, do not discharge the constitutional duty. Cost-effectiveness arguments for peripheral development were rejected as perpetuating, rather than dismantling, spatial inequality.

The CC declared that the Province and City had failed to comply with their section 25(5) and 26 obligations regarding housing implementation in the Cape Town CBD and Sea Point and ordered reporting and engagement processes.

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Judgment:https://legalbrief.co.za/media/filestore/2026/07/Adonisi.pdf

Summary: https://legalbrief.co.za/story/adonisi-v-minister-of-transport-housing-spatial-apartheid/

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06/07/2026

In this week’s Medical Brief…

As protests against undocumented foreigners spread across SA on Monday, and thousands of foreigners were forced to flee the country, a group of more than 400 South African public health professionals joined forces to call on health workers to support and protect the rights of refugees and migrants. In a detailed statement, they slammed xenophobia and urged anti-immigrant groups to rather look at corruption and state failure as triggers for the country’s collapsing health system and other problems.

In a blow for its members, the Government Employees Medical Scheme's request for a lower increase in contributions has been rejected, with the expected and more acceptable 7.5% hike from 1 July having been turned down by the Council for Medical Schemes

And on the research front, South African and American researchers have published the results of a practice-changing clinical trial in The New England Journal of Medicine, showing the effectiveness of a shorter, six-month regimen for treating drug-resistant TB – the benefits of which are likely to make a global impact.

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Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is reshaping how legal services are delivered globally, but regulation has not kept pace...
03/07/2026

Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is reshaping how legal services are delivered globally, but regulation has not kept pace.

In this exclusive interview, Dr Rushmina Murtuza, PhD, explores the ethical risks, regulatory gaps, and Africa’s unique opportunity to lead the global conversation on outsourced legal services.

From confidentiality and cross-border data risks to the future of AI-enabled legal work, this discussion goes to the heart of how the profession is evolving.

Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/4vdTAPt

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Conflict is inevitable. Managing it effectively is a skill.Strengthen your ability to navigate workplace conflict with V...
02/07/2026

Conflict is inevitable. Managing it effectively is a skill.

Strengthen your ability to navigate workplace conflict with Video 3 in our Practical Insights, Managing Workplace Risk series.

Developing Conflict Competence at the Individual, Team and Organisational Level explores practical strategies to build healthier workplace relationships, improve collaboration, and foster a more resilient organisational culture.

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