South Africa
Maumela's conduct embarrassed me – Mlambo
Judge President Dunstan Mlambo yesterday testified that the ‘gross incompetence’ of Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela embarrassed him because it led to a general distrust of the justice system. A GroundUp report says giving evidence at the JSC’s ...
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LSSA rebukes council over JSC nomination process
The Law Society of SA (LSSA) says it is astonished at the Legal Practice Council (LPC) notice issued on 15 March inviting submissions or proposals on the JSC nomination process. It noted that the council is exceeding its mandate by ...
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HSF opposes ZEP ConCourt appeal bid
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal against a ruling that he may not terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme, reports GroundUp. The foundation has ...
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DA pushes for framework on coalitions
Transnet tariff proposal predatory – industry
Ruling highlights gap in bunkering laws
Diplomats slam Pandor’s call for protests
US diplomat flags SA’s resilience
MK questions timing of FNB action against Zuma
Integrated ‘mega landscape’ plan rolled out
Motsoaledi moves to calm visa tensions
No oversight over R150bn reserve withdrawal – economist
DA wants probe into failed SAA, Takatso deal
New e-hailing Bill critical – Bolt
Wooworth’s takeover of Absolute Pets gets green light
MPs' attendance rate drops
Bid for damages after wire shock rejected
PP asked to probe mayor’s conduct
Zondo addresses independence concerns with Ramaphosa
Alleged Prasa looters lead lavish lives
Treasury sounds alarm over municipal underspending
Federation slams diversity failures at SA universities
SAPS to be trained on domestic violence complaints
TV presenter’s onboard altercation goes viral
Policy Watch
Tourism: Minister addresses 'undesirable' visitors
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has moved to clarify how tourists who have overstayed their visas are declared ‘undesirable’, reports Wyndham Hartley.
He told a news briefing that it was important for him to outline this whole concept of declaring people ...
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Case Law Briefs
Lloyds v Minister of Safety & Security
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria):
Underwriters at Lloyds of London v Minister of Safety & Security
Judgment: 4 March 2024
Keywords: Vicarious liability – robbery by policemen – underwriter of cash safekeeping company claims on basis of subrogation – conduct was ...
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Marks & Honiball v Mirror Trading International
Western Cape High Court (Cape Town):
Marks & Honiball v Mirror Trading Int (MTI), Master of the High Court, SARS, Bester & 5 Others
Judgment: 13 March 2024
Keywords: Application for removal of liquidators – fiduciary duties – best interests ...
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In Court
Hitman testifies in Modack trial
A self-confessed hitman has taken the stand in the Western Cape High Court against his former friends in the ongoing trial against alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack. A Cape Argus report says after weeks of delays, the state yesterday began ...
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State 'skating on thin ice' – AKA murder accused
One of the men accused of killing rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes claims his siblings fled to eSwatini because six other siblings were killed by the National Intervention Unit (NIU) probing taxi wars in Durban and they feared for their lives ...
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Former employee cleared to work for competitor
A Johannesburg outdoor advertising company has lost its urgent court application to have a former employee barred from keeping the job he has taken up with a competitor. TimesLIVE reports that the conflict was over the employment status of Terrance ...
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Meyiwa murder suspect allegedly threatened by co-accused
Alleged UK drug dealer offers R200 000 bail
Today's Analyses
IEC has proved its worth
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) is not beyond criticism; it sometimes makes mistakes, and – when it does – it must be held accountable. ‘It operates under very difficult and challenging circumstances, which in recent times have been compounded ...
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Hydrogen not the elixir for fossil fuel replacement
‘Despite being the universe’s most abundant element, pure hydrogen is difficult to source and contain, making its journey towards being the ubiquitous fuel bumpy at best.’ So say Herbert Smith Freehills’ Lewis McDonald and Ernst Muller, noting the sheer ...
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A Matter of Justice
Law anomaly could lower sentence for rapist grandson
The High Court has sent the case of a Malawian teenager, charged with raping his 89-year-old grandmother, back to the Magistrate’s Court because the court had wrongly prosecuted a case of rape instead of incest. If convicted in a re-trial ...
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Africa
Namibian couple rearrested in Ponzi case
A couple alleged to have been involved in an illegal investment scheme in which depositors placed more than N$160m ($8.5m) have been rearrested, after a Windhoek magistrate declared their initial arrest last week unlawful and ordered their release ...
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Niger’s junta ends military agreement with US
Niger's junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. This weekend’s announcement followed a visit by a US delegation in Niamey. Washington used its base in Niger to monitor regional jihadist ...
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DRC lifts death-penalty moratorium
The DRC has resolved to lift a 21-year moratorium on death penalty executions as part of measures to stop its citizens, and serving military and police, from working with M23 rebels in the eastern part of the country. During the ...
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World
Rule of law 'declining' across the EU – study
The rule of law is declining across the EU as governments continue to weaken legal and democratic checks and balances, a leading civil liberties network has said, highlighting in particular a sharp rise in restrictions on the right to protest ...
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Uber to pay $272m to compensate Australian taxi drivers
Uber will cough up almost $272m to compensate taxi and hire-car drivers who lost out when the rideshare company ‘aggressively’ moved into the Australian market. A report in The Guardian notes that a class action against Uber was expected to ...
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Case management costs 'recoverable' – judge
Claimant lawyers will breathe a sigh of relief after the Court of Appeal ruled that costs of attending rehabilitation case management meetings could in principle be recovered. A Law Gazette report notes that, in Hadley v Przybylo, Judge Coulson ruled ...
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Judge backs colleague's wasted costs order
Today's Briefs
Latest accused in Joshlin Smith case appears in court
* Lourencia ‘Renz’ Lombaard briefly appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking in connection with the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. Although prosecutor Jacques van Wyk said Lombaard had confessed, there was no ...
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SA withdraws from Africa Games
* Concerns about injuries due to the state of the pitch prompted Team SA management at the Africa Games in Accra to take the unusual step of withdrawing its teams from the hockey competition. Team SA said the surface of the ...
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