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South Africa is known for having one of the most liberal constitutions in the world [23] and includes such clauses as the right to health and the right to self-medicate. The Dagga Couple are challenging these and other legal issues in their case at the country's highest court, The Constitutional Court.
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [ 1 ] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine ...
At the time of their convictions, section 21(1)(a)(i) of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992, provided that in their situations – in which the accused faced a charge of dealing and had been found in possession of dagga exceeding 115 grams – "it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the accused dealt in such dagga".
The Dagga Party was established to allow voters who support the legalisation of dagga to have representation in elections. [2] The party failed to register with the Independent Electoral Commission in order to contest the 2014 [3] and the 2019 South African general election because it could not raise the required R200,000 registration fee.
In 1955, the two companies, Rand Daily Mail Ltd and the Sunday Times Syndicate Ltd were formed into a single company called South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN). [ 3 ] : 42 Prior to the formation, the Abe Bailey estate had 59.23% share in RDM and 26.17% in Sunday Times Syndicate which gave the estate 49.71% in the new company SAAN.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1995, the first year of the court's existence.. The eleven members of the court appointed at its formation were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Ismail Mahomed, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O ...
In S v Maki, an important case in South African criminal law, the accused had consciously broken into the home of the deceased, an 84-year-old woman, and thereafter, in a drunken state, strangled her. He had previous convictions for possession of dagga, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, attempted rape and theft. He was sentenced ...
Pages in category "Daily newspapers published in South Africa" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .