Despite objections from the DA and others, President Cyril Ramaphosa will today sign the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Bill, placing the fragile GNU on a knife-edge, notes Legalbrief. Three years since the Bill was introduced in the National ... Read More

Legal practitioners have called for action should any of their colleagues be found in the wrong in relation to two Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha) orders flagged by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which is probing medico-legal claims. A Daily ... Read More

Pravin Gordhan, the founding commissioner of the SARS, Finance Minister and the face of the resistance against the Zuma and Gupta-led project of state capture, died this morning. He was 75. According to a statement from his family, Gordhan ‘passed ... Read More

Free State High Court (Bloemfontein): Mosala v Minister of Police Judgment: 3 September 2024 Keywords: Delict – Claim for damages – Quantum of damages - Unlawful arrest and detention Summary: The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages arising from unlawful arrest ... Read More

Free State High Court (Bloemfontein): Tsotetsi v RAF Judgment: 3 September 2024 Keywords: Delict – Motor vehicle accident – moderate head injury at age four – claim for damages – quantum of damages – general damages – loss of past ... Read More

Incriminating cellphone evidence linking alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack to the plans to bomb the home of slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear have been revealed. A Cape Argus report says Modack and his co-accused returned to the Western Cape ... Read More

The Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court has granted Incredible Happenings Church pastor Paseka ‘Mboro’ Motsoeneng bail of R3 000, The Citizen reports. Mboro and his bodyguard Clement Baloyi returned to court for his new bail application bid based on ‘new facts’ ... Read More

Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota, made her first appearance in the Free State High Court (Bloemfontein) on Wednesday. The 37-year-old faces charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption pertaining to the R255m Free State asbestos roofing case. According ... Read More

Minister of Justice Thembi Simelane finds herself under suspicion that she may have misused her position as mayor of Polokwane to obtain a loan from the agent who was brokering loans for that municipality with VBS Bank. However, Dr Lukas ... Read More

The interconnected problems of tax evasion, illicit financial flows and corruption require a bold, co-ordinated international response. The proposed UN Tax Convention, combined with the establishment of an international anti-corruption court (IAAC), could represent a significant step forward in addressing ... Read More

Zambia has joined the UN Water Convention to improve water management within and across its borders in response to severe drought and ongoing water scarcity, the UN has announced. The country declared a national emergency in February due to a ... Read More

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) has officially handed over the operations of the new container terminal at the Port of Walvis Bay to Terminal Investment Namibia (TiN). This is effective from 1 October. The Namibian reports that the handover marks ... Read More

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and 33 human rights and press freedom organisations have condemned the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, Ramadan Gouida and Yasser Abu Al-Ela – and called ... Read More

‘No fault’ evictions will be banned under proposed legislation being introduced by the government this week to ‘level the playing field’ between tenants and landlords. A Law Gazette report notes that the government said that the Renters’ Rights Bill will ... Read More

The wife of a California prisoner will receive $5.6m after being sexually violated during a strip-search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said this week. A report in The Guardian notes that, after travelling ... Read More

The UK’s legal market remains ‘an economic powerhouse’, with exports of legal services reaching £7.25bn in 2022, an increase of nearly £1.2bn in four years, a Law Society report has found. A report on the Legalfutures site notes ... Read More

* Roman’s Pizza has launched an investigation following a viral video showing a woman cleaning used pizza boxes, allegedly to be re-used at its franchise in Daveyton. In the video, that caused an uproar on social media, the woman is dressed ... Read More

* Johannesburg City Power has disconnected electricity to the Reef Hotel in Johannesburg due to an R4.1m unpaid bill. The local power station yesterday cut-off operations in the CBD. It disconnected both commercial and residential properties with outstanding payments. Read More

* The Bishop Lavis Magistrate's Court has sentenced Enrico Slawers (29) to 57 years in prison for killing three people in November 2022 after he entered into a plea agreement with the state. The court sentenced him to 15 years ... Read More

  MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF CEREBRAL PALSY: A HANDBOOK FOR LEGAL AND HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS R K Ramdass | Print ISBN: 978-1-48515-084-8 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-48515-225-5   Medico-legal claims are impacting healthcare delivery in SA, with claims estimated at R18 billion in KZN and ... Read More