A senior Frere State judge has accused the NPA of being ‘insulting, derogatory and libelous’ by requesting that a judge from outside the province be called in to preside over the ‘asbestos scam’ case involving former Premier Ace Magashule, notes ... Read More
Although the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Act has been signed into law, it will be some time before it is finally rolled out, notes Legalbrief. This is according to Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube, who said her team had ... Read More
An application by Discovery Health for an order declaring the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to be in breach of a previous High Court order related to the RAF’s liability for the payment of the past medical expenses of road accident ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria): Fuel Retailers and Another v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Judgment: 6 December 2024 Keywords: Civil procedure – Legality of licence issuance pending appeal – Respondents carrying on business while awaiting outcome of appeal against their licence Summary: This urgent ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng): Mamburu v Jacobs and Jacobs Judgment: 9 December 2024 Keywords: Magistrate sues for defamatory affidavits – Lis alibi pendens – Matter pending in Equality Court – Prescription Act 68 of 1969, s 11 (d) – Promotion of Equality and ... Read More
Financial Services Tribunal: N du Preez on behalf of K du Preez v W Smit, H Smit, the Pension Fund Adjudicator and Allan Grey Retirement Annuity Fund Judgment: 4 December 2024 Keywords: Death benefit allocation – Maintenance minor child – Financial dependency – Dependant's ... Read More
Four businessmen and their companies accused of money laundering in connection with a tender linked to 1 064 Transnet locomotives appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on 13 December. The court released Allan Wayne Tichauer, Sudesh Premchand Rocharam, Yaasien Mahomed ... Read More
KZN High Court (Durban) Acting Judge Kevin Gounden, explaining that he could not deviate from the minimum prescribed sentence for two women convicted of murders for funeral policy payouts, sentenced Nonhlanhla Cynthia Mbele (48) and her co-accused, Mthofi Cyril Msipho ... Read More
THE Durban Regional Court heard that ANC Ward 99 councillor Mnqobi Molefe was asked to kneel in front of his girlfriend before he was shot in the head, allegedly by two policemen. The two SAPS members who were stationed at ... Read More
‘Has the bar for a victory been lowered in SA regarding accountability and comeuppance for the key architects of state capture corruption?’ Daily Maverick financial journalist Ray Mahlaka asks this following consulting giant McKinsey entering into a $122.8m ... Read More
SA has a progressive legal framework for anti-corruption with the Prevention & Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act, the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and the Criminal Procedure Act. However, Advocate Nalini Govender – an investigator at the Office of the ... Read More
The DRC has filed filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using ‘blood minerals’ in its supply chain.The DRC alleges that Apple has bought contraband supplies from the country's conflict-racked ... Read More
Botswana’s new President has promised to restore some rights which were taken away from the Bushmen. This week, the government allowed the tribe to bury Pitseng Gaoberekwe who died in December 2021 on the group’s ancestral land, ending a drawn-out ... Read More
Uganda worked with Kenya to arrest Dr Kizza Besigye last month and forcefully bring him to face security and firearms-related charges, the Director of Prosecution at the army court has told a military court. The revelation by Colonel Rafael Mugisha ... Read More
Dominique Pelicot, one of the worst sex offenders in modern French history, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his then wife, Gisèle, and inviting dozens of men to rape her in her home in the south ... Read More
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that El Salvador violated the human rights of a Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion despite her high-risk pregnancy in 2013, reports The Guardian. The court has ordered the Central American ... Read More
Jury trials could be abandoned for some criminal cases in England and Wales under a radical overhaul proposed by Ministers as the Crown Courts backlog hit a record high, reports The Guardian. A review, to be led by the former ... Read More
* Bidvest has agreed to sell Bidvest Bank to Access Bank of Nigeria for about R2.8bn as its dismantling of its financial services unit gathers pace. Bidvest also announced FinGlobal’s sale to Momentum Group for an undisclosed amount and said ... Read More
* A woman allegedly planning to cash in on a R50 000 funeral cover was arrested for submitting fraudulent documents to register the death of a ‘ghost child’ at the Home Affairs office in Pietermaritzburg this week. The woman also allegedly ... Read More
* Disgraced lawyer Du-Wayne Stoltz (39) will have to appoint a legal representative before his next appearance in the Gqeberha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in January. Stoltz returned to court yesterday where it was expected that an attorney would come on ... Read More
