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1. Today the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a truly remarkable judgment reversing a conviction of illegal fishing on the basis that the fishing was done under customary law. Congrats to wilmien wicomb and her @LRC_SouthAfrica team! dropbox.com/s/yltvamioqc4r…

Analysis: A total train-smash — the R16bn ‘Gupta premium’ | How the Transnet locomotive acquisition went from R38.6bn to R54.5bn | ht.ly/ejzI30kjeun | By Sam Sole and Susan Comrie

Social media -> The court has granted Romeo and Basetsana Kumalo a protection order stating that novelist Jackie Phamotse must remove her tweets and not talk publicly about the couple. The court said her social media followers were harassing the couple and she is liable for that.

4. The Minister is also using the wrong version of the Legal Practitioners Act. That’s why he refers to “subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section five” which was removed in 2004 by the Law Reviser because it was an error. The Justice Minister didn’t know!

Has GDPR/POPI placed a price tag on your personal information? brookslegal.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/a-s…

“We have nowhere to go. Where will I go? It’s better I die here with my brothers.” - Devastating reporting from De-Andra Webster on dismissed mineworkers that Sibanye seeks to evict instead of engaging on unpaid pensions -->

Judgment tomorrow 10am: Is a graduate who obtains an LL.B degree from a registered and accredited private higher education institution like the IIE's Varsity College eligible for admission as a legal practitioner in terms of the Legal Practice Act? (IIE v KZN Law Society)

First retweet from someone famous. Can finally retire. Thanks for the epic introduction Johan Lorenzen

Poll time privacy folks! And today: which territory will be LAST to have a privacy and data protection law:

Martin Brundle is a LIVING LEGEND 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

🚨BREAKING: the "pay or consent" legal battle has begun, as The Consumer Voice and noyb filed complaints against Meta for asking people to pay €12.99/month to avoid being targeted by personalized advertising. A major topic for privacy pros, details below:

The morning hours are the most productive hours. Because in the morning, you are free. Hemingway would talk about how he’d get up early because early, there was, “no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write."

Good point here - it's now worth getting Chinese patents - the old story about lack of enforcement no longer applies x.com/RobinsonErick/…

Hearing tomorrow 10am: Can a court-sanctioned agreement to settle public law litigation displace an earlier declaration that a tender decision was unlawful? (ACSA v Big Five Duty Free)

Big day for me today - first appearance (as a junior advocate) in the Constitutional Court - on nothing to do with criminal law. Turns out pretty much any real dispute of law can become utterly absorbing.