Parliament has been urged to investigate allegations of corruption within the judiciary, after questions around the integrity of judges were raised. Legalbrief reports that an intelligence report has allegedly implicated some judges in corruption. However, the State Security Agency (SSA ... Read More
The EFF has criticised a judge who is presiding over the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, for his remarks condemning a scuffle involving a prison warden and three accused, saying they should not fight like MPs. Monday's physical scuffle involving ... Read More
Deputy Justice Minister John Jeffery says while there is a way to get the Master’s Office running efficiently, he does not believe it has suffered a complete collapse. The office has been hamstrung as a result of long queues, system ... Read More
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used the opening of the third AU Men’s Conference to insist that the battle against gender-based violence cannot be won if the focus is not on the role of men and boys in bringing about a world ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg): Broadband Infraco SOC Limited v Eskom Holdings SOC Limited and Another Judgment: 13 November 2023 Keywords: Civil Procedure – Contempt application in respect of interim interdict – Defence of acting on legal advice – Superior Courts ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria): Leso v Minister of Justice & Correctional Services and Others Judgment: 13 November 2023 Keywords: Delict – Unlawful detention, Quantum, and Prescription – Prescription Act 68 of 1969, ss 11(d), 13(1)(a) Summary: Mr ... Read More
Free State High Court (Bloemfontein): Akzonobel Coatings International BV and Another v Dumax Paints (Pty) Ltd and Others Judgment: 9 November 2023 Keywords: Intellectual Property Law – Trade Mark infringement – Dilution – Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 (TMA ... Read More
The details surrounding the murder of Riaan Kohl, who was shot dead while escorting a furniture delivery truck to Motherwell, have finally been revealed by the man standing trial for the murder, reports HeraldLIVE. In a confession to police after ... Read More
Macgyver Yibanathi Ndema, who cemented the body of his wife Noluvuyo Nonkwelo-Ndema under their bathtub after killing her in June 2019, apologised to his in-laws and children for the nature of her death, but still denies being her killer. A ... Read More
It will be another Christmas behind bars for the killers of murdered billionaire Wandile Bozwana, as the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) is scheduled to sentence the four on 26 January. A Pretoria News report says this month, after a long ... Read More
Xenophobic statements and actions are racist or neo-apartheid discourse and practices. They ought to qualify as hate speech or be banned under other provisions of our law and Constitution.’ So says Unisa Emeritus Professor Raymond Suttner, in response to ... Read More
Late in 2022, TotalEnergies Exploration & Production SA and its partners started applying for government permission to drill six deep sea wells in the vicinity of Plettenberg Bay and lay more than 80km of undersea gas pipelines along the Garden ... Read More
The families of two SA engineers detained in Equatorial Guinea are appealing for a solution to their ‘political’ arrest. Peter Huxham and Frederic Potgieter are are being detained in the same cell at Mongomo Prison after their arrest at a ... Read More
Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development official Aggrey Kibenge has met with a delegation from the International Labour Organisation's ACCEL project, during which they discussed the upcoming second phase of the initiative aimed at eradicating child labour in ... Read More
A trial against Zambia's former first lady Esther Lungu, the wife of ex-President Edgar Lungu, has begun in Lusaka. She has been charged with the theft of three vehicles, a title for a property in Lusaka and possession of ... Read More
Meta purposefully engineered its platforms to addict children and knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint. A report in The Guardian notes that the complaint is a key part of a lawsuit filed ... Read More
Cabinet Ministers and Whitehall mandarins approved payments totalling £60m to Saudi royals and high-ranking officials over decades to secure and maintain a huge arms deal, a court heard this week. According to a report in The Guardian, the accusation was ... Read More
Six teenagers have gone on trial in Paris for their alleged roles in the murder of a teacher, Samuel Paty. A BBC News report notes that the children are accused of slander and pointing out Paty to his killer, a ... Read More
* A 21-year-old student from Varsity College in Sandton appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court yesterday for allegedly killing school teacher Kirsten Kluyts. Bafana Makhungela was remanded in custody pending his next court appearance on 5 December. He intends to ... Read More
* A truck driver who allegedly faked his hijacking and kidnapping in Breyten in Mpumalanga in October has been remanded after his first appearance in the Ermelo Magistrate's Court on Monday. His case was postponed to Friday for further investigation ... Read More
* Cyclists in Pretoria East, Centurion, and other parts of Gauteng are being warned to avoid certain routes after a recent spate of attacks targeting cyclists – two fatal. Pedal Power Association CEO Neil Robinson said there has been a surge ... Read More
* A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder in April of activist Loyiso Nkohla at a railway station in Cape Town. The Hawks' serious organised crime investigation team arrested the 41-year-old suspect on Monday at Cofimvaba in ... Read More
