So to take a current example, the recent book by Mark Mannie and Chris Steyn The Lost Boys of Bird Island, publishes allegations that three former National Party ministers, Magnus Malan and John Wiley (both now deceased), an unnamed minister (who is still alive), and Dave Allen, a Port Elizabeth businessman (deceased), were involved in a paedophilia ring that operated during apartheid and perpetrated ghastly sexual crimes against children. [read post]

Malan Accord (February 12, 1991) -  An item in this document clearly defined ANC’s commitment to end armed action to include ending “[a]ttacks by means of armaments, firearms, explosive or incendiary devices; infiltration of men and material; creation of underground structures; statements inciting violence; threats of armed action; and training inside South Africa. [read post]

A basic mistake, it must be said.Once the test had been cleared up by Judge Malan (in the process approving Sabel V Puma's global appreciation test and the oft quoted South Africa judgements of Plascon Evans and Cowbell) he went about analysing whether confusion was likely in circumstances where the notional consumer in a specialist market for prescription drugs was argued to be less likely to be confused - Cipla had all but conceded that a likelihood of confusion could occur… [read post]

Justice Fritz Malan in the Supreme Court of Appeal referred to one of the presidency’s litigation tactics as “an abuse of process that cannot be tolerated”, and that reasoning applies, in my view, to its defence of the entire case. [read post]