The Western Cape High Court has found a section of the Value-Added Tax Act, which empowers Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to amend the VAT rate, unconstitutional, reports Business Day. The court declared that section 7(4) of the Value-Added Tax ... Read More
Former ANC MP Vincent Smith has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment after reaching a plea and sentencing agreement with the state, reports TimesLIVE. Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) Judge Mohamed Ismail presided over the matter and accepted the agreement in ... Read More
Anton Ackermann, key witness in the probe into delayed apartheid-era atrocity prosecutions, yesterday told the Khampepe Inquiry that former police chief Jackie Selebi had been convinced the advocate had ‘a compelling case’ against former President Thabo Mbeki, which had not ... Read More
Public Works & Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has directed the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) to lead a technical, governance and regulatory enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Ormonde building collapse in Johannesburg on 2 March, reports Wyndham Hartley. ‘The ... Read More
Western Cape High Court Njikelana v Minister of Police and DPP Judgment: 4 March 2026 Keywords: Delict – Murder accused acquitted – Witnesses recanted – Claim for malicious prosecution – Reasonable and probable cause shown – No animus injuriandi Summary ... Read More
Western Cape High Court Maynard v Carrick Wealth (Pty) Limited Judgment: 4 March 2026 Keywords: Financial regulation – Transmission of confidential client information to competitor – Application for debarment of representative after settlement – Whether duty to initiate debarment proceedings ... Read More
Free State High Court (Bloemfontein) AfriForum NPC v Ngwathe Local Municipality & Others Judgment: 20 February 2026 Keywords: Local government – Execution of order mandating provincial administration of municipality pending appeal to Constitutional Court – Service delivery failures – Contaminated ... Read More
THE Western Cape High Court has dismissed a R17m claim for damages filed by a man who was arrested and detained for 19 months on charges of murder that eventually led to his acquittal, according to the Cape Argus. ‘The ... Read More
The case of private scholar transport driver Ayanda Dludla, linked to the crash that killed 14 children, has been postponed to 22 April. Dludla (22) appeared briefly in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court yesterday, an IoL report notes. Dludla abandoned ... Read More
The service provider at the centre of fraud and theft allegations against Department of Health DG Sandile Buthelezi has been arrested, reports News24. Nokuzola Mafunda, the director of Ithani Amen, handed herself over to police in connection with the allegations ... Read More
The rise of generative AI has seen an increase in litigation based on false results that cause harm to a person’s reputation, say Dario Milo and Lia Wheeler, partner and candidate attorney, respectively, at Webber Wentzel. Writing in Business Day ... Read More
SA is living through a policing paradox: many crimes are now first discovered online, yet local policing remains largely offline. Assaults, robberies, bullying, GBV incidents and public disorder increasingly surface on WhatsApp, TikTok, Facebook and X before a case number is opened ... Read More
The 12 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) have reportedly decided to create a new force to fight jihadists operating in the region, reports africanews. Sources told AFP that military chiefs made the decision during a ... Read More
Nigeria's Medical Council has provisionally suspended the director of a private hospital and two other doctors following the death of the 21-month-old son of renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Nkanu Adichie-Esege, one of twins, died on 7 January after ... Read More
Sudan has accused Ethiopia of allowing drones to be launched from its territory into Sudan to carry out attacks in February and March – the first time it has directly accused its powerful neighbour of involvement in the three-year civil ... Read More
Multi-billionaire technology tycoon Elon Musk told a jury in California on Wednesday that stock market investors read too much into his social media posts. A BBC News report notes that he was defending himself against claims from investors, who have ... Read More
A congressional committee has voted to summon US Attorney-General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. BBC News notes that the motion to subpoena Bondi was introduced by Nancy Mace, a Republican lawmaker, who ... Read More
Foreign governments cannot rely on state immunity to contest arbitration awards against them when they had submitted to the jurisdiction of the English courts, the UK Supreme Court ruled this week. According to a Law Gazette report, Spain and Zimbabwe ... Read More
* The son of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will be remanded in custody for another week after the matter was postponed again in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court in Johannesburg yesterday due to a power outage. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and ... Read More
* Henke Pistorius, the father of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, has addressed the values he tried to pass on to his son, brushing aside years of judgment and speculation that followed their family since the Reeva Steenkamp tragedy. ‘Oscar is a quality ... Read More
* A senior SAPS member has been arrested for the alleged misappropriation of state funds amounting to R60 720 at the SAPS Academy in Mthatha, Eastern Cape. Lieutenant-Colonel Bidla was arrested on Wednesday, 5 March, by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime ... Read More
Applied Military Justice for Practitioners Author: M Nel | Print ISBN: 9781485151586; Ebook ISBN: 9781485151593 This pioneering guide unpacks South Africa’s military justice system, unlocking Court of Military Appeal judgments and their practical application. Featuring clear commentary, process flow diagrams, and ... Read More
