President Cyril Ramaphosa will know by next week whether he has succeeded in his urgent application seeking to halt the proceedings of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, reports TimesLIVE. After a two-day hearing for the application by the President seeking an interim ... Read More
The Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) instituted investigations into criminal dockets opened by MP Fadiel Adams in October 2024 against Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo and other senior officers, despite SAPS Legal Services concluding the information was too scanty ... Read More
SA’s judiciary has adopted a series of resolutions aimed at advancing the creation of a single, independent judicial system, including transferring responsibility for the administration of Magistrate’s Courts to the Office of the Chief Justice, reports Business Day. Deputy Chief ... Read More
Railway Safety Regulator CEO Brian Monakali has, in terms of the Railway Safety Act ,2024 (Act No. 30of 2024) published the Draft Rolling stock: Wheels, axles and bearings Standard (edition 2.0) for public comments, reports Wyndham Hartley. All interested and affected ... Read More
The Department of Home Affairs has, in a statement, reminded the public that the deadline for the registration of customary marriages under the special registration period is 31 August 2026, reports Wyndham Hartley. The special registration period, from 1 September ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) Brondani v Brondani Judgment: 14 July 2026 Keywords: Civil Procedure – Amendment of pleadings – rule 28(4) – defamation – malicious prosecution – prescription – vagueness and embarrassment – publication – costs Summary: The defendant ... Read More
Northern Cape High Court (Kimberley) Nteene Enterprise (Pty) Ltd v Trustees: Gerbrand Van Der Walt Trust and Another Judgment: 10 July 2026 Keywords: Application for leave to appeal – Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013, section 17(1)(a) – ... Read More
KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) Shandu and Another v State Judgment: 10 July 2026 Keywords: Criminal law – sentencing – appeal against sentence – concurrency of sentences – robbery with aggravating circumstances – attempted murder – unlawful possession of firearm and ... Read More
A former attorney accused of stealing millions of rands from RAF payouts repeatedly refused to reveal how much he had paid to two clients, insisting it was the state’s job to prove what he had allegedly stolen, reports the Daily ... Read More
Former Miss SA finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina yesterday appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court as she fights efforts by the Department of Home Affairs to deport her. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, the beauty queen ... Read More
Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officer Adrian Mackenzie and his former colleague, Kersha-Leigh Stols, were each granted R5 000 bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The state did not oppose their release on bail, reports News24. State advocate Nceba ... Read More
On 18 July, South Africans will pause to remember Nelson Mandela – not only as a global icon, but as a lawyer who believed the law must serve the poor, the marginalised and the forgotten. Food parcel drives, school visits ... Read More
While reading the recent Constitutional Court judgment on the failure of the City of Cape Town, the Western Cape Government and national government to comply with their constitutional obligation to take reasonable steps to redress spatial apartheid in Cape Town ... Read More
The DRC has formed a new advisory council that includes senior war crimes lawyers from the US and Europe to support its push for accountability for atrocities committed in the country’s conflict-ridden east, reports Channel Africa. The move comes as ... Read More
Six men linked to former transitional President Bah N'Daw are on trial in Mali over an alleged coup plot, reports africanews. The case is before the Bamako Court of Appeal. The six defendants include former security chief Colonel Kassoum ... Read More
Sierra Leone's Government has dropped its charges, including treason, against ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, who was arrested in connection with an attempted coup nearly three years ago. The charges had been dropped on health grounds, Information Minister Chernor Bah ... Read More
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian rights advocate, filed a lawsuit last week in federal court alleging a co-ordinated conspiracy between senior administration officials and three private organisations to target and deport him for his advocacy. A Jurist report notes that Khalil ... Read More
France's National Assembly has voted to create a right to assisted dying under strict conditions, after years of debate and changes to the proposals. A BBC News report notes that MPs voted by 291 to 241 to back the ... Read More
The UK regulator has abandoned its appeal over the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s (SDT) dismissal of a ‘SLAPP’ case against a partner at a renowned defamation firm. According to a Law Gazette report, in a consent order approved by the Administrative ... Read More
* CemAir has announced the reinstatement of its scheduled service between Johannesburg and Richards Bay, directly targeting the high-volume corporate travel corridor linking Gauteng with KZN’s primary industrial port city. The airline yesterday confirmed that flights on the route will officially ... Read More
* TransUnion’s second quarter 2026 Consumer Pulse Study reveals that nearly four in 10 people expect to miss at least one bill or loan repayment. Its Consumer Pulse Study measures how shifting consumer attitudes impact household income, spending and economic participation ... Read More
* Teammates and friends of Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana midfielder Jayden Adams shared moving tributes during a memorial service for him yesterday. Adams was found dead at a residence in Schotschekloof, Cape Town, on Saturday, just days after returning home ... Read More
* A bar manager in Umdloti, KZN, claims he was fired after he became an anti-migrant activist. Speaking on the sidelines of a March and March demonstration in Pinetown yesterday, Siboniso Gumede said his former employer accused him of bringing the ... Read More
* Residents are warning that the site between the Temporary Relocation Area, known as Ghost Town, which houses 141 dwellings at Gate 1 Maitland Cemetery and Voortrekker Road, is hazardous after two pedestrian accidents occurred in two months. They are calling ... Read More
