After a bumpy path towards delivering his first Budget Speech since the formation of the Government of National Unity, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana finally got his day yesterday, but now faces the bigger hurdle of the Budget being passed by ... Read More
A court in Malawi ruled that self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary should be extradited to SA to face numerous charges, including fraud and rape. TimesLIVE says. It has been five years since the couple appeared before the courts ... Read More
The Department of Transport wants a R400m tender to purchase a new driving licence card machine to be declared unlawful. An EWN report notes that this follows the Auditor-General’s findings that the tender awarded to Idemia was irregular. The AG ... Read More
The African Transformation Movement (ATM), MKP and the EFF are preparing to approach the Constitutional Court to overturn the decision to classify and keep confidential the latest report on the Phala Phala scandal involving President Cyril Ramaphosa’s police bodyguards. The ... Read More
Minister of Public Service & Administration Mzamo Buthelezi recently said that tackling corruption ‘can’t be government alone,’ a statement that Outa’s Wayne Duvenage says, in Daily Maverick, is not only flawed, but also indicative of the problem that allows ... Read More
Botswana's Parliament has adopted a motion to investigate the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) bid which allegedly cost the government 65m Pula ($4.7m), reports Mmegi Online. Under the previous government, Botswana, in collaboration with Namibia, had intended ... Read More
The Ministry of Finance & Public Enterprises has ruled out any increases in value-added tax (VAT) in Namibia, irrespective of changes in SA’s tax policies. According to The Namibian, deputy executive director of economic policy Oscar Capelao confirmed that Namibia ... Read More
The son of late Minister Joel Biggie Matiza has been taken to court by trustees of a forestry project, alleging he tried to cut off the trustees from being able to use the project’s $1m in funding in order to ... Read More
After threats and then withdrawals, US President Donald Trump went ahead with his plan to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US from all countries, but the move threatens to drive up prices on a ... Read More
A federal judge in Missouri ruled last week that China concealed knowledge of the emerging coronavirus in the pandemic’s crucial early days and used the extra time to stockpile protective equipment. A report in The Washington Post notes that the ... Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority succeeded in its appeal against the tribunal’s dismissal of accusations about international firm Dentons UK and Middle East over alleged historical breaches of money laundering rules, the Law Gazette writes. Justice Lang quashed the Solicitors Disciplinary ... Read More
Western Cape High Court: LPC v Rencken Judgment: 14 February 2025 Keywords: Legal Practice – Interim interdict – management of trust account – whether funds were misappropriated Summary: The Legal Practice Council (LPC) brought an application seeking interim interdictory relief ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg): Drakenstein Municipality v Guardrisk Allied Products and Services (Pty) Ltd and Another Judgment: 11 March 2025 Keywords: Insurance – Under-insurance led to rejection of claim with partial payment only – Whether partial payment negates rejection of ... Read More
FORENSIC INVESTIGATION: LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES AND INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICE J Horne, R Zinn and S Dintwe | Print ISBN: 9781485152613 Forensic Investigation: Legislative Principles and Investigative Practice is a vital resource for professionals and students, examining forensic investigation as a multidisciplinary field that integrates ... Read More
