President Ramaphosa indicated to the Constitutional Court his reservations about provisions in the legislation originally ...

Artists and copyright specialists have continuously opposed the copyright bill, claiming that it violated their right to ...

The president’s concerns include that the Bill is not compatible with South Africa’s obligations under international ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill to the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has not signed the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill and has sent both to the Constitutional Court. South Africa’s highest court will rule on ...

JOHANNESBURG - A bill aiming to assist blind and visually impaired people in converting published works into accessible formats – has been referred to the constitutional court by President Cyril ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on their constitutionality, which the President ...

Blind SA - represented by Section27 - has approached the Constitutional Court with an urgent bid to force President Cyril ...

Blind SA has launched an urgent application in the Constitutional Court, seeking a declarator that President Cyril Ramaphosa has shirked his constitutional obligations by not signing the Copyright ...

The Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill has been referred to the Constitutional Court by ...

Since the president has failed to comply with section 79 (4), he will now face legal action in the constitutional court to ...

Parliament has done its bit and the Constitutional Court-ordered deadline to amend the Bill has passed, but the President’s failure to sign it has created a ‘legal vacuum’.