Ben Winks
@BenWinks
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Legal counsel, specialising in media, constitutional and international law
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined June 2009
The @SCA_ZA has unanimously ruled that gratuitous public displays of the pre-1994 SA flag constitute racist hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination. I am honoured to have acted for the @NelsonMandela Foundation, with Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC, Jabu Chanza and @RCAttorneys.
Media Summary: Afriforum NPC v Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust and Others (Case no 371/2020) [2023] ZASCA 58 (21 April 2023) Today the SCA dismissed an appeal by Afriforum NPC against an order by the Equality Court, Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg.
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South Africa's affection toward me is no doubt the reflex of their authentic unbreakable support to the Palestinian people. Yet as a European woman, the privilege is enormous.
Due to high public demand, the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will now be at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Date & Time: Saturday, 25 October 2025, 15h00 Speaker: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Theme:
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Almost a week ago, on 25 Sept, after a 4 year journey, we appeared before the Con Court to finally argue a landmark case that has the potential of changing the face of GBV in SA. Thank you to our amazing legal team! Judgment can't come soon enough!
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Justice Visvanathan Ponnan officially hangs his judicial robes after 24 years of exemplary service on the bench.
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Caster Semenya. 🏅 Olympic Champion 🌍 World Champion 💪 Global Advocate This Women's Month, we honour a South African icon who never stopped running — and never stopped leading. #SheIsTeamSA #TeamSA #Formycountry
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Exclusive Video: Suspended IDT CEO, spokesperson offer Daily Maverick journalist @PLMyburgh R60K in cash to quash investigation
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🚨 Earlier this week, Emma Sadleir took Meta to court. Why? To protect South Africa’s schoolchildren from predators sharing sexual images on WhatsApp and Instagram.
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META PLATFORMS INC. AND WHATSAPP LLC. SUBMIT TO A SOUTH AFRICAN COURT’S JURISDICTION After being faced with an Application for Contempt of Court, and in what many view as a global precedent, the tech giants submitted themselves to foreign jurisdiction (Johannesburg High Court).
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After court order, Meta agrees to several steps to shut down child porn distribution on WhatsApp, Instagram in SA https://t.co/4Kxeg1dStu
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The Digital Law Company is celebrating a landmark judgement in the fight to protect South African children from digital harm.
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An extraordinary victory. Happy Mandela Day South Africa!
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After being served with a contempt of court application, WhatsApp and Instagram parent company Meta has agreed to permanently delete over 60 channels publishing child sexual content – and to disclose “subscriber information” for whoever is behind them. https://t.co/ubvIKn78eS
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After it was served with a contempt of court application, WhatsApp and Instagram parent company Meta has agreed to permanently delete more than 60 channels publishing child sexual content, and to...
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Amazing work by Adv Ben Winks and the team at Rupert Candy Attorneys
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The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered WhatsApp and Instagram parent company Meta to permanently shut down channels publishing sexual content involving South African schoolchildren and...
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Tonight The Digital Law Company obtained a High Court order against Meta to shut down certain anonymous Instagram Accounts and WhatsApp Channels distributing child pornography and degrading and humiliating content concerning children - and to hand over all identifying information
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Wednesday was a good day for our clients & media freedom. The Benoni harassment court threw out an attempt by a surgeon, Dr Soraya Patel, to get a protection order against @LourensaEckard of @carteblanchetv for doorstepping the doctor for comment on allegations of malpractice 1/
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@Newzroom405 Thank you all so much. I just wanted to come in here, nginibonge nonke, niginibusise, and tell you that we managed to make it happen. Having missed meeting Temba at the airport, Daniel finally got to meet his hero. Signed and sealed! ✨
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[WATCH] A young Temba Bavuma fan, who can name the whole #Proteas squad, has brought a picture of the champions for the captain to sign at OR Tambo International Airport. @vuyo_macoba reports.
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The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.
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Media Statement: SAHRC Statement on Settlement and Unconditional Public Apology by Mr Renaldo Gouws https://t.co/UhjVMGDBfD
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We thank our legal team, Adv Ben Winks, Adv Deborah Mutemwa, Matthew Ilsley and Sipho Tlhaole, for all of their tireless work.
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