Former Investigating Directorate (ID) head, Advocate Hermione Cronje, has warned of a severe ‘skills catastrophe’ within the NPA. She made the comments during her interview for the NDPP post at the NPA. Lebalbrief reports that she is one of six candidates ... Read More
Allegations that a senior Eastern Cape judge used insulting and racist language towards a High Court employee have been referred to the Judicial Conduct Tribunal for investigation. According to the Daily Dispatch, the JSC’s Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) recommended this ... Read More
The SCA has put the brakes on a legal challenge preventing a woman from getting her money back after buying a defective vehicle. On Wednesday, the SCA ruled that the woman was entitled to cancel her vehicle finance agreement and ... Read More
The Ministry of Justice & Constitutional Development has invited the public, stakeholders and all interested parties to submit written comments on the draft Traditional Courts Regulations and Draft Code of Conduct, issued in terms of sections 16 and 17 of the Traditional ... Read More
Western Cape High Court: Equal Education and Others v WC Education Department and Others Judgment: 28 November 2025 Keywords: Constitutional law – Right to basic education – Late placements – Western Cape Education Department's failure to plan for late ... Read More
Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela): Mafuyeka v Minister of Health and Others Judgment: 10 December 2025 Keywords: Delict – Prescription – Nurse attacked while on duty – by member of public at health facility – Claim against employer for negligence – ... Read More
Western Cape High Court: Latief v Casoojee Judgment: 4 December 2025 Keywords: Family law – Legal practitioners – Punitive costs – Application for rescission of default judgment – Application to strike out defence and counterclaim under rule 35(7) – ... Read More
A KZN man has been sentenced to two life terms and 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping, robbery, murder and attempted murder. Samukelo Dumisa appeared in the Esikhawini Regional Court on Wednesday. The crimes were committed in the Port Dunford area ... Read More
The day that lekompo artist Shebeshxt handed himself over to the police following his warrant of arrest for allegedly shooting and seriously wounding a fan, he was drunk and holding a beer bottle, the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court was has heard ... Read More
The case against two men accused of gunning down Nelson Mandela Bay prosecutor Tracy Brown has been postponed to next year for further investigation and for the matter to be transferred to the High Court, reports HeraldLIVE. Murder accused Sithembile ... Read More
Social workers are often the first to arrive at scenes of GBVF and enter unsafe homes without backup or protective equipment. This risk is seldom acknowledged. Yet it sits at the centre of a country’s response to its crisis of ... Read More
Just weeks after the Competition Commission finalised SA’s first attempt to claw back value from big tech, an appeal has been launched against its findings. The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) report was an attempt to rebalance the ... Read More
Guinea-Bissau’s military junta adopted a 12-month transitional charter that bars the interim President and Prime Minister from running in the next elections, reports Peoples Gazette Nigeria. This came two weeks after officers staged a coup that suspended the Constitution. The ... Read More
Ghana has condemned what it called the ‘inhumane’ treatment of its citizens at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, after several travellers were detained or deported since Sunday, reports africanews. In a statement, Ghana’s Foreign Ministry said Ghanaian travellers were ‘deliberately ... Read More
The general public in Uganda has been urged to lodge complaints against judicial officers with the Inspector of Courts during the judiciary’s second national court open day on Monday, reports the Daily Monitor. Newly-appointed Principal Judge Jane Frances Abodo explained ... Read More
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 1312 into law this week, establishing protections which limit civil immigration enforcement activities across multiple public settings throughout the state. A Jurist report notes that this new legislation includes Article 5, known as the ... Read More
When Stein-Erik Soelberg, a former technology executive with a history of mental health struggles, told ChatGPT that the printer in his mother’s home office might be a surveillance device used to spy on him, the chatbot agreed, according to a ... Read More
Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation for what they say is the company's role in making the storm more severe ... Read More
* Proceedings at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court came to a standstill yesterday morning after a bomb threat prompted the swift evacuation of the building. Prosecutors were the first to pick up the alert on their phones shortly before court was due ... Read More
* Qantas has launched a new direct service that connects Johannesburg and Perth. Qantas said that the new route reinforces the growth of its expanding international western hub, connecting three continents and adding more than 150 000 seats. The flights were ... Read More
* Twenty-five years after changing its name from Tiger Oats to Tiger Brands, the company is now undergoing a refresh of its corporate brand to highlight this change. ‘The refresh reflects our commitment to contribute to a healthier, more resilient Southern ... Read More
* City Power will install solar-powered streetlights in Hillbrow as part of a major enforcement operation targeting illegal electricity connections at two hijacked buildings. The utility said this would offer a vandal-resistant solution to restore safety in crime-affected areas. City Power ... Read More
* The eThekwini Municipality is coming under fire over billing crises that have saddled consumers with high ‘fictitious’ bills, raising fears that it could hamper embattled ratepayers from benefiting from a Special Debt Relief Programme. Councillors revealed in some cases, they ... Read More
* The Scottburgh Regional Court sentenced a 58 year-old man to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of a boy (12) that occurred between 2021 and 2022. The prosecutor, Thanusha Govender said the accused called the boy to his room where ... Read More
* Tshwane officials, led by the Bad Buildings Division, have conducted a joint inspection of a privately owned building in Sunnyside. They were joined by the Metro Police and officials from the Human Settlements, Electricity, and Water Departments. The focus of ... Read More
