Racism is still rampant in South Africa. But is criminalising hatred the answer?
Mar 13, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recent events in South Africa show that it is a society still grappling with its racist history, 23 years after apartheid officially ended. Combating hatred is an ongoing project. The states most recent response to the...
The House health plan: Here's how the numbers don't add up for the poor
Mar 13, 2017 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
House Republicans introduced the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare). At a press conference, Speaker Paul Ryan called this bill an...
Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
Mar 10, 2017 03:24 am UTC| Health Law
This week the federal government granted its first license for an Australian company to grow and harvest medical marijuana. This follows Australias amending of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 to legalise the production and...
Uber Flip-Flops On Anti-Regulation App, To Ban Greyball
Mar 09, 2017 23:51 pm UTC| Technology Law
It seems Travis Kalanacks company has been pretty busy in trying to get around US laws for years. After trying to ram its self-driving cab test through the California DMV a while back and failing miserably, it has had to...
Facebook Under Fire Again For Failure To Protect Children From Sexual Predators
Mar 08, 2017 05:38 am UTC| Technology Law
Allowing the spread of Fake News, reported abuses of power, and now, failing to protect the rights of children from sexual exploitation. It seems Facebooks troubles are stacking up. In a recent report, it was found that...
Amazon Hands Over Alexa Data That Could Be Essential To Murder Case
Mar 08, 2017 04:45 am UTC| Technology Law
Police previously asked Amazon to release certain data that was potentially collected by its smart assistant Alexa, which could prove helpful in a murder case. The retail giant refused to do so at the time, citing First...
WikiLeaks Release Incriminating Documents, CIA Spying On Americans Via Smart TVs
Mar 08, 2017 02:46 am UTC| Technology Law
Just when the American political sphere was getting more complicated than most voters were used to, here comes WikiLeaks to drop a huge rock in the pond. By releasing documents pertaining to CIA spying activities that...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects