Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent

Franny Rabkin is the Sunday Times legal correspondent. She has clerked at the Constitutional Court, practiced as an attorney and has been a legal journalist for more than 15 years.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
MK Party’s court challenge to election postponed

A year after the election was declared free and fair, the postponement means the case will continue to languish undecided

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
MK Party back in court to challenge national election results for third time

Jacob Zuma's party wants results of 2024 vote set aside and new elections called.

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
‘Crying need’ for an investigation into Zulu royal succession battle, hears SCA

On the second day  of the appeal court's hearing, Prince Simakade argues that his claim to the Zulu kingship was raised in a letter to the president

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Royal battle heads to appeal court

Princes Simakade and Mbonisi argue that King Misuzulu was wrongly crowned

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
‘Anyone has a right to lay a complaint’ with Legal Practice Council

The legal profession’s regulator says it is not necessary for someone to have been personally affected to lay a complaint

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Emojis on trial in ‘sex pest’ Mbenenge probe

Brinjals, bananas and monkey faces take on a whole new meaning

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Forensic expert says ‘impossible’ to tell by phone analysis whether Mbenenge ...

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal investigating sexual harassment claims against Eastern Cape judge president resumed on Monday

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
'Gross patriarchy cloaked in false chivalry': chief justice blasts LPC over ...

Chief justice Mandisa Maya told the Legal Practice Council it was disrespectful to use her name in charges against Dali Mpofu SC without informing ...

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Legal Practice Council drops some charges against Dali Mpofu

Senior counsel's disciplinary hearing was postponed sine die — with no set date to return

Franny Rabkin Legal correspondent
Parker ‘not fit to be a judge’, judicial conduct tribunal hears

Western Cape judge Mushtak Parker's silence throughout disciplinary process is an ‘aggravating factor’, say lawyers for complainants