Exactly three years after a mob of pro-Jacob Zuma looters set fire to more than 5 000 tonnes of toxic chemicals in the new UPL agrochemical warehouse in Cornubia, KZN in 2021, residents have filed papers in the KZN High ... Read More
The NPA has launched an investigation into the leaking of an explosive affidavit deposed to by VBS Mutual Bank heist kingpin Tshifhiwa Matodzi. The leaked affidavit came just two days after Matodzi, the former VBS chairperson, pleaded guilty to 33 ... Read More
The rot at the Master's Office – the custodian of liquidations and the administration of the Guardian's Fund, among other things – is ‘worse than anyone thought’. That’s according to Advocate Doctor Mashabane, the DG of the Department ... Read More
Minister of Water & Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, has in her Budget Vote Speech to the National Assembly, said water is occupying a top place in the global agenda as one of the key issues that require a collaborative effort to ... Read More
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Minister in the Presidency, has used her budget vote in the National Assembly to warn that misinformation, malinformation and disinformation continue to be a threat to the work of government, writes Wyndham Hartley. Introducing the budget vote of the ... Read More
Sindisiwe Chikunga, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, has announced that her department has developed the South African Youth Development Act – framework legislation for youth development in the country, reports Wyndham Hartley. She said ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg): Mohlala v Mashamaite & others Judgment: 4 July 2024 Keywords: Sale of property, validity – Former owner denies having sold the property – Seeks eviction of buyer after house built on property – Alienation of Land ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria): Osaleye v Minister of Home Affairs Judgment: 28 June 2024 Keywords: Refugees Act 130 of 1998 – Applicant refused asylum by Home Affairs, detained in Lindela – Principle of non-refoulement – Remedies not exhausted, deportation stayed ... Read More
Western Cape High Court (sitting as Equality Court): Xiong Changsen v Minister of Justice and Minister of Police Judgment: 10 July 2024 Keywords: Illegal trading in elephant ivory and stolen electronic goods – Racial profiling, unfair discrimination, warrantless search, absence ... Read More
Cape Town businessman Nafiz Modack was back in court for his corruption trial on Thursday, with his lawyer questioning a former Cape Town cluster commander's testimony on the police's rules that ban them from micro-lending and vehicle tracing. A ... Read More
A woman and her accomplice have been sentenced in the KZN High Court (Durban) for the 2020 murder of Nkosi Timmy Langa. Nomphumelelo Goncalves hired Nkosinathi Zungu to kidnap and kill Langa. The convicted murderers were arrested after the recovery of ... Read More
Nine police officers arrested on allegations of attempted murder by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) have each been granted bail of R5 000 after they appeared in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court, reports Iol. The officers were arrested for an alleged ... Read More
While it is not surprising that Freedom Under Law will approach the High Court to review and set aside the National Assembly’s decision to endorse the MKP’s nomination of former Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe as its representative on ... Read More
It is now eight years since the Life Esidimeni tragedy in which at least 144 psychiatric patients died under unimaginably cruel circumstances – from prolonged starvation, malnutrition and dehydration, as well as untreated critical medical conditions. Last week, Judge Mmonoa ... Read More
‘While eviction orders do not offer a sustainable solution to homelessness, they have prevented individuals from becoming backyard dwellers in affluent suburbs. Through eviction orders, cities are able to fulfil their duty of ensuring a clean and safe environment for ... Read More
A group including rights activists and a politician filed an appeal to Uganda's Supreme Court last week, the latest step in a legal challenge to a ruling upholding the controversial anti-gay legislation adopted last year. In April, the Constitutional ... Read More
Namibians intending to marry in future will have to approach the Home Affairs Ministry three months before tying the knot to confirm that neither party is in a civil marriage. This is contained in the widely-supported marriage Bill currently being ... Read More
A Ugandan man (24) has been sentenced to six years in prison for using TikTok to spread hate speech and false information against President Yoweri Museveni and the entire first family. Edward Awebwa – who ran the account ‘Save Media Uganda’ ... Read More
Donald Trump’s legal team has formally asked a judge to toss out the former President’s hush money conviction and the indictment that led to his trial, saying this month’s week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity means some of the ... Read More
Alec Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter collapsed in spectacular fashion on Friday as a judge found key evidence over a fatal shooting on the set of ‘Rust’ had been withheld from the defence, and dismissed the case. According to a ... Read More
The parents of a 14-year-old who died last year after participating in the ‘One Chip Challenge’ are suing the snack companies they blame for his death. A report in The Washington Post notes that Lois and Amos Wolobah, the parents ... Read More
* SMD Technologies has announced that it has acquired the Ellies electrical brand in SA following the liquidation of the group. SMD currently carries various electronics brands, including Volkano and Rocka, and serves as an official distributor of other global brands ... Read More
* The Wynberg Regional Court has sentenced George Titus, who bludgeoned Jehaan Petersen (17) to death in September 2022, to life imprisonment and declared him unfit to possess a firearm. Read More
* Sindiwe Ngqaza (82), grandmother of Luvo Ngqaza – who was assaulted by him earlier this month – has asked the Kuils River Magistrate’s Court to deny him bail. Bail application arguments are expected to continue today. Read More
LABOUR COURT MANUAL By Coenie Prinsloo and André van Niekerk | Juta | PRINT ISBN: 978-1-48515-085-5; EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-48515-086-2 Labour Court Manual is a practical guide to the Labour Court of South Africa, covering its history, jurisdiction, and procedures, including urgent applications, trial ... Read More
