The DA has obtained legal advice in a bid to oppose Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s implementation of the half a percentage point VAT increase on 1 May. And Legalbrief reports that a coalition of civil society organisations has called on ... Read More

Expelled Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool has been given 72 hours to leave the US. Chrispin Phiri, spokesperson for International Relations & Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola, said SA had received official confirmation from the SA Mission in the US late on Friday ... Read More

Gqeberha law firm Greyvensteins Inc is fighting allegations of buying work and touting its conveyancing services through estate agents – including funding flight tickets and sponsoring a Christmas party. The Herald reports three of its directors are now embroiled in ... Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the eighth SA-EU summit that ‘the Summit affirms our long-standing and close relationship, which is underpinned by the SA-European Union Strategic Partnership, writes Wyndham Hartley. ‘This is a partnership based on shared values and common ... Read More

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has told the Barsa Aviation Summit in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, that while SA was on a mission to promote tourism it was still underperforming, reports Wyndham Hartley. ‘On the tourism side, we are pushing ... Read More

Western Cape High Court: Mocke Investments v Drakenstein Municipality and Others Judgment: 10 March 2025 Keywords: Property law – Servitude road – Function venue and holiday chalets planned requiring increased use of road Summary: Mocke Investments (Pty) Limited brought an ... Read More

KZN High Court (Durban): Naidoo v Discovery Life Judgment: 13 March 2025 Keywords: Insurance – Overstated income – Contract avoided and cancelled – Retained premiums paid as penalty – ‘Pacemaker’ syndicate – Contract induced by material representation Summary: The plaintiff ... Read More

North West High Court (Mahikeng): Affected Community Memebrs of Bodibe Tau Rapulana v Lafarge Cements and Others Judgment: 13 March 2025 Keywords: Delict – Alleged mining operations harmful to people and livestock – No locus standi, universitas nor a class ... Read More

A day before Joshlin Smith went missing, her mother confided in a friend that she had sold her daughter to a sangoma for R20 000. Former co-accused turned state witness Lourentia Lombaard revealed this during her evidence-in-chief on Friday in ... Read More

The man accused of raping Gauteng businesswoman Andy Kawa in December 2010 testified in the Eastern Cape High Court (Gqeberha) on Friday that a woman paid him R200 for sex after approaching him at the beach 15 years ago – ... Read More

‘The life of a human is precious, yet people put a price tag on it for their own personal and financial gain,’ Judge Samson Dunywa pointed out prior to sentencing Reinhardt Leach to 25 years imprisonment for the murder ... Read More

‘While flexible conditions of employment could be considered controversial in a highly unionised country such as SA, it is an important characteristic associated with labour-intensive industries and an internationally-benchmarked recommendation that cannot simply be ignored because of our socio-political environment ... Read More

‘The practice of exporting arms to countries that systematically violate human rights or violate international law has been a recurring theme of SA’s arms exports. Under SA’s law, exporting or issuing permits for such exports is prohibited.’ So says ... Read More

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into TotalEnergies over potential manslaughter and a failure to assist people in danger during a jihadist attack in Mozambique, the energy firm said. News24 reports that Islamist insurgents attacked the port city of Palma ... Read More

In a notable reversal, the Zambian Government has announced that the constitutional amendment process will now be guided by the demands of the people, following widespread criticism over its earlier secretive approach. According to the Lusaka Times, Minister of Justice ... Read More

There are growing calls for Namibia to enact legislation that will regulate the sex work industry, reports The Namibian. Namibia is home to the Right to Work for Sex Workers Movement and the Right to Rehabilitation Movement, which both receive ... Read More

The first international treaty aiming to protect lawyers from attacks on their practice has passed a new hurdle. A Law Gazette report notes that the 46-member Council of Europe last week formally adopted the Council of Europe Convention for the ... Read More

Two federal judges last week ordered the Trump administration to immediately offer jobs back to thousands of fired probationary workers as they imposed separate, broad roadblocks on the administration’s efforts. A report in The Washington Post notes that the rulings ... Read More

Syria’s leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has hailed the start of a ‘new history’ for his country, after signing into force a constitutional declaration regulating its five-year transitional period and laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. A report in ... Read More

* Five years after the murder of a mother and her daughter, the last of the accused in the case was acquitted in the KZN High Court (Durban). Four people are currently serving time, having been sentenced for the 2020 murders ... Read More

* Bernard de Fraetas (69) has been sentenced in the Mitchells Plain Regional Court to 12 years for the rape and sexual assault of a woman and her younger sister in the 1980s. His name will also be added to the sex ... Read More

* Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court Magistrate Emmanuel Magampa has handed convicted fraudster Bouille Reyneke, (57) – a derivative trader and sole member of the Market Minstrel CC, who stole millions from his clients before his arrest in 2019 – ... Read More

* The Women & Men Against Child Abuse organisation has welcomed the recent verdict in the baby Impilo case, where a newborn was killed by his mother. The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has found the mother guilty of murder, rejecting her ... Read More

* The cash-strapped navy acquired six luxury Audi Q5 vehicles worth about R5m to transport its admirals and high-level visitors with the ‘necessary dignity’. Although the comfort of visiting dignitaries from abroad is cited as one of the main reasons for ... Read More

* SanLei Premium Trout, which farms trout in the Lesotho mountains, claims to have invested in projects to help the communities near the dam, whose livelihood is affected by overgrazing, soil erosion and changing weather. But the company, which describes itself ... Read More

* A cryptocurrency scam linked to a newly minted ‘$Ramaphosa’ token exploited Parliament’s official X, Facebook, and YouTube accounts in a co-ordinated cyberattack on Saturday. The fraudulent posts, designed to deceive unsuspecting investors, directed users to a questionable token launched ... Read More

* ArcelorMittal SA is seeking a R3.1bn rescue package to stave off the closure of crucial steel mills in the country. The funds from Industrial Development Corporation would prevent the full idling of its long-steel plants slated for the second ... Read More

* The Airports Company SA (Acsa) has informed passengers of an ongoing ‘global systems issue’ affecting FlySafair and LIFT in SA. ‘The technical issue is currently impacting the airlines' check-in systems and causing delays. ‘Technicians from the airlines and their service ... Read More

* A member of SA's Antarctica overwintering team faces accusations of being mentally unstable and violent, prompting intervention by the government. Urgent efforts are under way to ease tensions inside the base as the team is almost entirely cut off ... Read More

* Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts chair Songezo Zibi has warned that SA risks losing its sovereignty if it does not change its spending culture, fight corruption and drive efficiencies to improve service delivery and realise much-needed economic growth. If ... Read More

* A Western Cape municipal manager whose appointment is at the centre of a dispute between his municipality and the local government MEC has hired three ‘associates’ without advertising their posts. Central Karoo district municipal manager Jackson Penxa’s appointment in late ... Read More

* An investor, who sunk R900 000 in KleuterZone, has applied for its immediate liquidation, saying the early childhood education group is in severe financial distress and has caused harm to investors. Anita Susanna du Plessis from Koster in the North ... Read More