MUSINGS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHIVENGE
"All Rise!!! The Court is now in session. The Honourable Chief Justice Chivenge is presiding"
Man’s best friends, the canine kind, offer unparalleled companionship and have been known to improve the overall health and wellbeing of their owners. South Africa is ill-ridden with violence and high crime rates therefore, there is a large subset group of dog owners who want aggressive dogs and encourage vicious behaviors in their dogs. Evidently... Continue Reading →
“It makes no difference whether that operator writes... with a steel pen an inch long attached to an ordinary pen holder, or whether his pen be a copper wire a thousand miles long. In either case the thought is communicated to the paper by use of the finger resting upon the pen: nor does it... Continue Reading →
Image from vectorsart.com African countries are excessively dependent on the exportation of raw materials and more so in the SADC region. Inversely due to a lack of adequate manufacturing industries, most African countries also heavily depend on the importation of consumer products. Most SADC countries are landlocked and given the region’s dilapidated and virtually non-existent... Continue Reading →
The main issues surrounding baby making in the workplace revolve around the concept of pregnancy discrimination. Those who have babies through surrogacy or adoption fight to get maternity leave because their employers contend that they were never pregnant in the natural sense of the word. This also leads to issues of paternity leave. Those who... Continue Reading →
“Now, one of the most essential branches of liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle.” - James Ortis South Africa experienced widespread riots and protests between the 9th and the 17th of July... Continue Reading →
Previously, marriage was defined as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. With the recognition of same sex marriages and the promulgation of the Civil Unions Act, marriage is now defined as a legal union between two spouses. The Marriages Act is obviously two decades behind because heteronormative terms... Continue Reading →
"We acknowledge the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires.” — Justice Blackmun In 1969, 21-year-old Norma McCorvey became pregnant with an unplanned third child. She attempted to get an abortion in Dallas due... Continue Reading →
An engagement is a verbal pactum de contrahendo (a contact to contact or a contingent contract) and there are no legal requirements for a marriage proposal to constitute a valid engagement. When a couple gets engaged, the parties enter into a contract to enter into a marriage contract and to prepare for that marriage and... Continue Reading →
“Candidate Attorney wanted: Must be in possession of a valid driver’s license and must have own vehicle. Must be fluent in Afrikaans. Salary R5 500 non-negotiable.” Structural racism is a complex, dynamic system of conferring social benefits on some groups and imposing burdens on others, resulting in segregation, poverty, and denial of opportunity for millions of... Continue Reading →
The are some commonly used legal symbols. The gavel is used for finality and to sound that justice has indeed been served and that the matter has been finalised. The balanced scales of justice symbolise the objective legal standard to show that the law is impartial and balanced and represent the balance between interests of... Continue Reading →
MUSINGS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHIVENGE 