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Full attribution for every external article, image, font, embed and brand mark used on this website — plus our copyright position and a contact for any rights concerns.
1. Site design, code & copy
The HTML, CSS, JavaScript, page structure, written copy describing the firm's practice areas, attorney biographies, and the visual design system (typography pairing, colour palette, layout grids, animations) are original work commissioned by Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc.
© 2026 Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorised reproduction of the design, layout or written copy is prohibited.
2. Logo & brand assets
- Phosa Loots Attorneys logo (full colour & reversed-white variant) — © Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc. Trademark of the firm.
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Maroon palette (
#781316primary) — sampled from the firm's existing logo. Used throughout the site as the firm's identifying colour. © Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc. - Favicons — derived from the firm's logo. © Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc.
3. Typography
All three typefaces are served via Google Fonts and licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1, which permits free use, including for commercial purposes.
- Cormorant Garamond (display headings & signatures) — designed by Christian Thalmann (Catharsis Fonts). fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+Garamond
- Inter (body text & UI) — designed by Rasmus Andersson. fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter
- JetBrains Mono (eyebrow labels & numerals) — designed by JetBrains s.r.o. fonts.google.com/specimen/JetBrains+Mono
4. Photography & imagery
4.1 Site photography (locally hosted)
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Homepage hero — bookcase / law library (
assets/img/hero-bookcase.jpg) — stock photograph used under a royalty-free license that permits use in commercial websites without attribution. Sourced from a free-license stock photography library; preserved as-supplied without modification of the photographic content. -
"Who we are" — reading glasses on book (
assets/img/who-glasses.jpg) — stock photograph, same licence terms as above.
These images are used decoratively to evoke a professional legal-services environment and depict no identifiable persons. If you are the original rights-holder of either image and require an attribution credit, please contact us using the takedown address below and we will add or remove the image promptly.
4.2 Practice-area imagery (firm's existing WP archive)
Every photograph that appears on a practice-area page (Commercial Law,
Mining Law, Immigration, Family Law Mediation, etc.) is hosted on the firm's
existing WordPress install at phosalootsatt.co.za/wp-content/uploads/.
These images were originally selected, uploaded and used by the firm on its
previous website. The new site references them from their existing locations
so that all original metadata, alt text and provenance remain intact. Any
attribution that was associated with these images on the WordPress site
continues to apply.
4.3 News-article featured images
Featured images on internal news-archive articles (under /news/) are
hosted from the firm's existing WordPress media library. Where the original
news article identifies a specific photographer or agency in its caption — for
example
"File photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images" in the military
veterans reparations article — that attribution is preserved verbatim in the
article body. Where the original publisher's attribution was not captured at
time of archive, the image is shown with its original visible watermarks
(if any) and a link to the original publisher is provided at the foot of
every news article.
5. External news & press coverage (35 articles)
The articles linked below were independently published by South African news outlets and reference Phosa Loots Attorneys, Dr Mathews Phosa, Andries Nkome or the firm's case work. All links open in a new tab and direct readers to the original publisher's website. We do not host or mirror the article text or images from these publishers. Copyright in each headline, article body and accompanying photograph remains with the original publisher and their photographers.
Short quotations or paraphrased summaries shown alongside each link are provided under the fair-dealing provisions of section 12 of the South African Copyright Act 98 of 1978 for the purpose of news reporting and review. Attribution is preserved in every case.
| Article | Source · Date | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Ramaphosa advised to avoid war with courts | Sunday World · 2026-05-17 | Legal opinion compiled by Phosa Loots Attorneys (dated 10 May) advising Ramaphosa to avoid premature combat with the Constitutional Court and Parliament — mirrored the President's Monday address. |
| 13 years after Marikana, still no justice for fallen miners | SABC News · 2025-08-10 | Marikana 13th anniversary — Andries Nkome on court findings and continued lack of accountability. |
| Jagersfontein disaster victims, municipality file R3 bln lawsuit | SABC News · 2025-09-10 | Civil lawsuit by 26 victims + Kopanong Municipality against Jagersfontein Mine — Andries Nkome lead counsel. |
| Negotiations between state and claimants progressing on Marikana settlement | SABC News · 2022-08-08 | Settlement progress on Marikana civil claim — quantum negotiations in the North Gauteng High Court. |
| Civil case against Ramaphosa, Sibanye-Stillwater thrusts Marikana massacre back into spotlight | SABC News · 2022-06-03 | 300+ miners' R1bn class action — Nkome on 'collusion between state and capital'. |
| Ex-employee accuses Mathews Phosa of harassment, covert surveillance and public smear campaign | IOL · 2025-08-08 | R25m High Court claim by Jan Hendrik Stephanus Venter against Dr Phosa — Phosa disputes. |
| Mathews Phosa: They did not call David Mabuza 'The Cat' for nothing | IOL / Sunday Tribune · 2025-07-04 | Tribute to Deputy President Mabuza — 2017 Nasrec context and 2017 defamation case Mabuza lost. |
| Witness To Power — Mathews Phosa on how he avoided the Guptas' honey traps | Daily Maverick · 2024-11-03 | Memoir extract — Phosa's encounters with the Gupta brothers as ANC Treasurer-General. |
| Gaddafi gave ANC 'substantial' donation for 2009 election campaign, says Mathews Phosa | Daily Maverick · 2024-11-12 | Phosa on Libyan donation to ANC's 2009 election campaign — implications for Zuma's later mediation. |
| Mathews Phosa's memoir is a bold narrative of political influence and resilience | Daily Maverick · 2025-06-09 | Review of 'Witness to Power' — Phosa as a key influencer across three decades of ANC leadership. |
| History at the granular level — Mathews Phosa's memoir & Morris Isaacson High School | Daily Maverick · 2024-12-01 | Joint review with Clive Glaser's 'A Seed of a Dream' — Phosa's BC student-activist roots. |
| IN PHOTOS | Dr Mathews Phosa has book launch for memoir | The Citizen / Mpumalanga · 2024-11-30 | Photo feature on the 25-Nov-2024 launch. Mpumalanga Culture Dept bought 162 copies for libraries. |
| Ex-combatants threaten to take Ramaphosa to court | Mail & Guardian · 2022-03-10 | Phosa Loots drafted the letter for liberation-war veterans (MK/APLA/AZANLA) threatening civil action. |
| Residents, municipality sue mine company over mudslide damage | Sowetan · 2022-09-15 | Phosa Loots, with Nkome as lead, instructed by Kopanong Municipality + 160 Charlesville homeowners. |
| Jagersfontein Dam burst | Residents to sue mining company | eNCA · 2022-09-16 | Charlesville residents engage Phosa Loots — community calls for the operation to be shut down. |
| Jagersfontein: lawyers prepare legal action to stop mine from operating | The Citizen · 2022-10-19 | Nkome for 164 Jagersfontein homeowners — characterising the dam collapse as 'man-made'. |
| Jagersfontein residents feel pressured to sign settlement | TimesLIVE · 2023-09-12 | One year on — Nkome alleges housing-reconstruction promises used to extract waivers. |
| Ramaphosa 'liable' in Marikana mine debacle – report | The Citizen · 2022-07-03 | South Gauteng High Court (Judge van Oosten) opens door to personal claims against Ramaphosa. |
| Over R300m paid out to Marikana families: Solicitor General | eNCA · 2023-08-17 | Solicitor-General confirms R330m+ disbursed to Marikana families pursuing civil claims. |
| South Africans will punish ANC at 2024 polls: former treasurer Mathews Phosa | TimesLIVE · 2022-08-11 | Phosa on ANC's electoral risk in 2024 — corruption, infrastructure neglect, unemployment. |
| Mine workers symbolising SA's tragic day: 'We'll fight another 10 years to taste justice' | Daily Maverick · 2022-08-13 | 10th-anniversary Marikana feature — Nkome on his clients' unwavering pursuit of justice. |
| Marikana court case back to haunt Ramaphosa | Mail & Guardian · 2021-09-03 | R1bn civil suit filed by Nkome on behalf of injured + arrested miners returns to court against Ramaphosa & Lonmin. |
| Almost 3000 military vets push ahead with reparations claim of R4.2m each | Mail & Guardian · 2023-07-18 | MK / APLA / AZANLA liberation-struggle veterans reparations claim led by Andries Nkome — flagship firm case. |
| 90% of reparations for Marikana claimants settled | Sowetan · 2023-08-16 | Profile of Andries Nkome — settlement progress for 229 arrested and 14 injured Marikana miners. |
| Dam Wall Collapse | Calls for Jagersfontein mining company to provide report | eNCA · 2022-09-25 | Nkome representing Kopanong Municipality and residents demanding accountability after the tailings dam collapse. |
| Judge slams Ramaphosa over Marikana role | Scrolla.Africa · 2022-07-04 | Nkome reacts to Judge Van Oosten's finding that Ramaphosa is personally liable for the Marikana massacre. |
| How I told Zuma he had to go | Sunday Times · 2024-11-03 | Mathews Phosa-authored extract from 'Witness to Power' — Feb 2018 meeting where he persuaded Zuma to resign. |
| Power to Truth with JJ Tabane | Mathews Phosa | 26 November 2024 | eNCA · 2024-11-26 | Long-form broadcast interview with Mathews Phosa on the ANC, Zuma, the MK Party and his memoir. |
| Zuma's move to MK Party shows lack of credibility: Phosa | SABC News · 2024-05-14 | Mathews Phosa, as former ANC Treasurer-General, criticises Zuma's MK Party defection ahead of the 2024 election. |
| Jacob Zuma must face the music, says Mathews Phosa | Eyewitness News (EWN) · 2024-05-04 | Phosa at an ANC campaign event in Mbombela, condemning Zuma's launch of the MK Party. |
| 'The ANC must shed its dirty skin' — Phosa on the party's renewal and leadership | Eyewitness News (EWN) · 2024-11-20 | Politricking podcast feature — Mathews Phosa on his memoir and his call for ANC renewal. |
| John Matisonn: Mathews Phosa sees ANC's decline continuing, ready to serve a new party | BizNews · 2024-11-29 | Matisonn interviews Phosa on his 26–29% ANC decline forecast and openness to a new political vehicle. |
| Mathews Phosa: The many lives of an old guard | The Citizen · 2025-11-03 | Profile interview covering Phosa's career as politician, businessman and attorney, anchored on his memoir. |
| 'This whole thing must stop': Matthews Phosa slams comrades for protecting Senzo Mchunu | The Citizen · 2025-11-21 | Phosa publicly attacks the ANC's protection of suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu (Mkhwanazi / Madlanga commission). |
| Corruption-fatigued youth may slash ANC votes to 26%, says Phosa | The Citizen · 2025-12-01 | Phosa warns Gen Z and Generation Alpha voters will collapse ANC support — memoir themes on ANC renewal. |
6. Internal news archive (16 articles)
The articles under /news/ on this site are a preservation of an existing
media archive that the firm has maintained on its WordPress install since 2023.
Each piece documents case work the firm has been directly involved in (the
Marikana civil claim, the Jagersfontein mine-dam disaster, the military
veterans reparations claim, and related matters). Where the body of an
article identifies its original publisher (e.g. "Full article on mg.co.za"),
that attribution is preserved verbatim in the archived copy.
Where a third party retains copyright in any portion of the original article text or photographs, that copyright remains with them. The firm preserves the archive in good faith as a record of its public-interest case work; we are happy to redact or replace any material on written request from the rights-holder.
7. Third-party embeds & brand marks
- Google Maps embed (on the Contact page) — embedded under Google Maps / Google Earth Additional Terms of Service. Map data © Google & data providers as identified within the embed itself.
- Google Fonts CDN — used to deliver the three fonts listed in section 3. Subject to the Google Fonts Terms of Service.
- LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram brand marks — the social-icon SVGs used in the site header reference the standard brand glyphs of those platforms and are used solely to indicate the firm's presence on each platform, in keeping with each platform's published brand guidelines. The trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
8. Fair-use & rights statement
Short excerpts, headlines and paraphrased summaries of third-party news articles are included on this site for the purpose of news reporting, commentary, criticism or review, with full attribution to the original publisher. We rely on the fair-dealing provisions of section 12 of the South African Copyright Act 98 of 1978, on equivalent provisions in the jurisdictions of foreign publishers, and on the general principle that identifying a third-party news source and linking to it for the reader's benefit is a permitted use.
Where a longer excerpt is preserved in the internal news archive
(under /news/), this is done in good faith as a record of the firm's
own case work — case work that is by its nature a matter of public record.
We do not claim copyright in any portion of those articles that originated
with a third party, and we will action any reasonable request from the
original publisher to redact, replace or remove archived material.
9. Copyright concerns & takedown contact
If you are the rights-holder of any image, text, photograph, video or embed appearing on this site and you believe it has been used without appropriate permission, or you would like an attribution credit added, adjusted or removed, please contact us directly. We will respond promptly and in good faith:
- Email — info@phosalootsatt.co.za (subject line: Copyright concern — [page URL])
- Phone — (012) 991 3122, Pretoria office
- Postal — Phosa Loots Attorneys Inc., Boardwalk Office Park, Block 12, 1st Floor, Eros Street, Faerie Glen, Pretoria, 0043