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Remember Erin Brockovich’s Town? Ja Well It’s Finished Now
16 Apr 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
It seems you can stave off big business, but only for so long. The town of Hinkley, made famous in the movie Erin Brokovich, has succumb to the mighty dollar.
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This Is Why Caxton Is Not Happy With Multichoice
02 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
It seems someone at the SABC tried to push through a R550 million deal without due process and now the folks at Caxton Publishing are not very impressed.
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This Guy Reckons Nando’s Stole His Work – What Do You Think?
19 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Nando’s is known for their incredibly funny, quick-witted advertising, so it’s quite surprising that they would go ahead and do this. Someone has a lot to answer for…
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You’re Going To Love Nedbank’s Formal Response Our Lawbreaking Allegations
17 Dec 2014 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
In the last couple weeks we wrote an article accusing Nedbank of acting in an illegal manner – by A) spamming clients and B) charging for the opt-out. This is their response.
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Yes, Bill Cosby Could Still Be Prosecuted
24 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the Bill Cosby rape-saga picks up steam, no one has managed to hear a peep form the man himself. There seems to be a good reason for this however, check it out…
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Watch These Grannies Smoke Weed For The First Time [Video]
20 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I am definitely getting my 86-year old granny to do this over Christmas. Maybe my dad too. We can make a big Christmas video to show future generations.
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New Bill Will Let 12 Year Olds Have Sex With 14 Year Olds
17 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As IF kids know what they are doing when they are 12 years old. I hadn’t even had my first kiss yet, and Parliament is discussing the sexual relationships of teenagers! Sigh.
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Dude, It’s Totally Legal To Smoke Weed In North Korea!
06 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While North Korea keeps your civil rights under quite tight wraps, one thing the state doesn’t mind is indulging in some weed in broad daylight.
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Aah, We See Parliament Is Looking To Revive The ‘Dagga Bill’
10 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What would the legalisation of medical marijuana do to people’s lives? What would it change? If something could help with your fight against cancer, would you try it?
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This Is What Generations Actors Were Paid And Want To Be Paid
22 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Are you not happy with your salary? Why not just go on strike, like so many people in South Africa. The only problem is that you might get fired, like the cast of Generations
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Minister Who Asked Zuma To Decriminalise Dagga, Commits Suicide
19 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After a long battle with cancer, Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, MP for the IFP, took his own life. Mario asked Zuma earlier this year to legalise medical marijuana, let’s see if this will have an effect on that.
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Discovery Health Bitch-Fight Plays Out In Letters To Customers
19 May 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is no love lost between Discovery Health and personal injury law form, Ronald Bobruff & Partners. Both parties have sent letters to old and existing members, telling them what shits the other one is.
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Man Files Biggest Lawsuit Of All Time – $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
19 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For such a lot of zero’s you would assume there was a pretty significant and monumental reason behind this lawsuit; and there is!
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Auction Alliance Wins Constitutional Court Case Against Estate Agency Affairs Board
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Today in the Constitutional Court Auction Alliance won a long running case against the Estate Agency Affairs Board. The Constitutional Court has now confirmed a previous order of the Western Cape High Court which declared sections of the Estate Agency Affairs Act and the Financial Intelligence Centre Act as unconstitutional and invalid. Auction Alliance’s legal council, […]
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Bombshell: Zuma Plans To Change The Constitution
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Speaking at the ANC’s 102nd birthday celebrations at KaNyamazane near Nelspruit, Jacob urged the crowed to vote for the ANC, in order to allow the party to change unspecified aspects of the country’s constitution.
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Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
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Facebook Freaked Out Because This Guy’s App Lets You Control How Much Time You Spend On The Social Network
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook’s suits are losing their minds over a small app developer in the States who developed a service with a unique selling point of limiting a user’s time on the social network. Break Your Facebook is a self-help tool of sorts, which aides in weaning otherwise-busy GenY-yuppies from social media addiction, freeing up time for work or, you know, real life.
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Mail & Guardian’s Chris Roper Says Gupta’s R500 Million Lawsuit Is “Outrageous”
04 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The Daily Maverick caught up with Mail & Guardian editor in chief, Chris Roper to discuss the R500 million defamation suit brought against the paper by the notorious Gupta family. They’re suing the Sunday Times for the same amount – putting their claim at a cool R1 billion.
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The Guptas Are Suing The Mail & Guardian For R500 Million
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ladies and gentlemen, it could be one for the record books! The Mail & Guardian reports that the Gupta family is suing the newspaper for R500 million, in what may well be the largest media defamation suit in the history of South Africa. According to the M&G, “The case relates to an article published in the M&G in March […]
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Would Oscar Pistorius Be Better Off Pleading ‘Temporary Insanity?’ – Experts Weigh In [Updated]
25 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Now that Oscar has been given bail and granted the right to travel, conversation has returned to his statement and how it will hold up in a court of law. We have investigated the alternatives.
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BREAKING: Amanda Knox To Face Retrial
26 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” is an idiome Amanda Knox might have missed when she popped the champagne after her murder conviction was overturned in October, 2011 – an acquittal that has been overturned – again..
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In Case You Missed It: It Is Now Legal For 12 Year Olds To Have Sex In South Africa
21 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 11 Comments
This article popped up last week on iol, which explains why it has taken so long for us to find out about it. Wowsers, can you believe that it is now legal for children aged between 12 and 16 to engage in consensual sexual activities with each other? Seriously. Read on.
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Court Rules Google Must Pay For Libelous Search Result
27 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australia has decided that search results that Google publishes amount to content that the company “publishes”, and is therefore responsible for.
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Do “Likes” On Facebook Qualify As Freedom Of Expression?
08 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook recently entered the South African legal domain when the Durban High Court held that it is permissible for documents to be served through the social media platform. This begs the question though – what’s coming next?
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SA Legal History – High Court Allows Man To Be Served Through Facebook
01 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
South African legal history was made in the Durban High Court yesterday when Judge Esther Steyn agreed to allow the service of a legal notice on a man being sued to be posted on his Facebook page.
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Iran Is Threatening To Sue Google Inc.
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I know, today was supposed to be Facebook’s special moment, but when a sovereign state threatens to sue a corporation like Google, it’s sort of a thing. Especially when a sovereign state sues a corporation because of a disagreement over how a map should be labelled. Seriously.
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The Stop Online Piracy Act – What You Need To Know [VIDEO]
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The American Senate has officially begun holding hearings on the the ‘Internet Blacklist Bill,’ also known as the “PROTECT IP Act” or the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” It is potentially the most harmful bit of Internet censorship legislation to date, and you should know what’s going to happen if it passes.
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Millionaires Club Advocates Struck Off Roll For Fleecing RAF
30 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember the Millionaires Club of advocates, who were under investigation for sucking the Road Accident Fund dry? Well those 13 naughty members of the Pretoria bar have been punished for ill-gotten gains. The case, which commenced exactly a month ago in the Pretoria High Court, closed today with six of the lawyers being struck off the roll, and a further seven receiving suspensions.
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