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Illegitimate children and inheritance rights in South Africa

Introduction The rights of illegitimate children have been safeguarded and officially recognised in South Africa. Legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate offspring were eliminated under the Children’s Act of 2005, ensuring that all children…

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by Celeste Snyders

Does an illegitimate child have a claim against his late father’s estate?

A client asked: “I am an illegitimate child and my father passed away. Can I claim from his estate?” In South Africa, the rights of illegitimate...

by Roy Bregman

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

Jiankui He, an associate professor of bioengineering who is currently on leave from Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, China, has claimed to be the first to successfully bring to life two genetically-edited twin girls, Lulu and Nana. The…

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by Daniel Mak

Blockchain and trade marks, what’s that all about then?

Blockchain is very much in the news these days, most often in the context of Bitcoin. But people are also talking about blockchain in the...

by Ilse du Plessis