The Constitutional Court has issued a ruling confirming that the state may investigate traditional leaders and remove them for misconduct, but has stressed that customary laws cannot be sidelined in the process. In a unanimous ruling delivered on Friday and ... Read More
Confusion over a July Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers has prompted Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba to convene a full Bench to clarify how courts should apply the judgment, reports GroundUp. The apex court held that migrants cannot be deported ... Read More
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula is facing legal action from party heavyweight Andile Lungisa, who has launched urgent court proceedings challenging his removal from the party’s Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidate list before the November local government elections. Lungisa’s papers, filed ... Read More
Parliament’s Justice & Constitutional Development Committee has published the names of candidates for vacant positions on the Information Regulator on Parliament’s website for public comment, reports Wyndham Hartley. It said in a statement ‘In terms of the Protection of Personal Information ... Read More
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged, at the 18th Brics Leaders' Summit in New Delhi, that the UN cannot be allowed to disappear into irrelevance, reports Wyndham Hartley. ‘At the same time, we must acknowledge that the UN and other global ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng) Absa Home Loans Guarantee Company (RF) Proprietary Limited & Another v Phillips Judgment: 8 September 2026 Keywords: National Credit Act – default judgment – Rule 46A – indemnity – indemnity bond – guarantee company – standing ... Read More
Western Cape High Court Foggitt v The Haven Night Shelter & Others Judgment: 9 September 2026 Keywords: Eviction – Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 – night shelter – meaning of ‘home’ – ... Read More
KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) Globacon (Pty) Ltd v National Lotteries Commission (8 September 2026) Keywords: Court orders – interpretation – consent order – arbitration – service level agreement – interpretation of consent orders – contractual interpretation – Eke v Parsons ... Read More
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has found Bafana Mahungela guilty on all charges linked to the 2023 killing of pregnant Sandton teacher Kirsten Kluyts, IoL reports. Judge Ian Cox delivered the verdict on Friday, convicting Mahungela of murder, robbery, defeating the ... Read More
The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure has been denied leave to appeal a ruling holding it responsible for injuries suffered by a motorcyclist who lost his leg after hitting a pothole. The department had approached the Western Cape High Court ... Read More
A Western Cape High Court judgment could have significant consequences for the legal protections afforded to unhoused people who rely on temporary shelters. The court last week dismissed Sheree Foggitt’s application against Haven Night Shelter, the Western Cape Department of ... Read More
It’s quite the contrast working at Action Society, says Juanita du Preez, the organisation’s national spokesperson. Writing in the Mail & Guardian, she notes that the organisation works with women and families in communities where gender-based violence is not an abstract ... Read More
Tumiso Mphuthi has lost her job. Esethu Hasane says he fears for his life. While these two whistle-blower cases are forcing South Africans to look again at what happens to people who expose alleged wrongdoing inside government institutions, there is a new ... Read More
A member of the Lesotho Parliament has agreed to repay M6m ($37 1097) from an allegedly corrupt scheme involving the supply of fertilisers, seeds and pesticides to the Ministry of Agriculture, according to the country’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic ... Read More
US President Donald Trump’s administration has backed Kenya’s new regulation, which requires foreign companies to process minerals locally instead of exporting them raw, reports the Kenyans. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia said American companies were ... Read More
Russia is expanding its network of cultural and educational centres in Africa as it seeks to strengthen ties beyond its military and security co-operation on the continent, reports BBC News. The centres will promote the Russian language, education, science and ... Read More
In one of Hong Kong’s most significant national security cases, two pro-democracy activists who were put on trial for organising an annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in the city have been sentenced to seven years in jail. A report in ... Read More
A man has been given a six-month jail term in France after he threatened to behead a female primary school teacher who had disciplined his son at a village primary school. BBC News notes that he was sentenced after a ... Read More
Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM), which has affected more than 230m women and girls worldwide, have welcomed an unprecedented $15.5m fund aimed at creating ‘unstoppable momentum’ to finally end the practice. A ... Read More
* The process to consider licence renewal applications for Hemingways Casino in KuGompo and Boardwalk Casino in Gqeberha is under way. According to the Eastern Cape Gambling Board Hemingways’ licence expires on 25 September, while Boardwalk’s expired on 26 June.‘The ... Read More
* Six Nigerian nationals wanted in the US for allegedly defrauding more than 100 women of over R100m in online romance scams have been extradited from SA. Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the men, allegedly part of the Black Axe ... Read More
* A SAPS and SIU operation has uncovered a ‘cash-for-driver’s licence’ scheme in Limpopo, where applicants allegedly paid R2 000 to obtain learner’s licences without writing the test. SAPS Crime Intelligence and the SIU arrested a suspect that participated in the ... Read More
* The Free State High Court sitting in Kroonstad has sentenced Pule Abraham Tshabalala to life in prison and five years for defeating the ends of justice for murdering his girlfriend and 18-month-old daughter. According to the SAPS, Lindley police received ... Read More
* South Africans with rooftop solar systems have until 30 September to take advantage of Eskom's current waiver on registration and connection-related charges. Eskom’s fee waiver for eligible Small-scale Embedded Generation systems applies to customers with solar systems of up ... Read More
* Anglican priest June Dolley-Major says convicted kidnapper Kelly Smith continues to deny involvement in the disappearance of her six-year-old daughter, Joshlin. Dolley-Major visited Smith at the Worcester Women's Correctional Facility at Smith's request to share Holy Communion and pray with ... Read More
* A Cape Town pensioner is pleading with authorities to resolve the duplication of her identity number. The pensioner suspects fraud may have been committed because a woman in Benoni is allegedly using the same number and receiving her Older Persons ... Read More
* A former police K9 unit dog had to be euthanised after it sustained injuries at the SAPS Veterinary Hospital in Roodeplaat, which has now led to an investigation authorised by Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane. This comes after ... Read More
* Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has upended SA’S traditional leadership establishment by declaring himself, by royal decree, chair of the Forum of Kings and challenging all other monarchs to dispute his claim. Dalindyebo’s declaration lands in a leadership vacuum. The position ... Read More
* SARS has issued actress Pearl Thusi with a final demand for nearly R15m, warning that failure to settle or make suitable arrangements could result in serious recovery action, including a warrant of execution for the attachment and sale of her ... Read More
* Advocate Gerrit Coetzee has abandoned his plans to find a second bride – after being accused of sexual assault by a man who visited his farm with a 16-year-old female. Coetzee now intends to take Albertus du Plooy to court ... Read More
* A Timothy Valley resident was gunned down just metres from her home less than a day before she was scheduled to testify in a murder trial. Abigail Filander (25) was shot dead on Wednesday morning. On 31 March last year ... Read More
* An Australian pensioner, identified as Michael, was defrauded of R2m by a scammer using a fictional identity named 'Melanie McCallum'. 'Melanie' was revealed to be an AI deepfake after a cybersecurity specialist noticed she had six fingers on her hand ... Read More
* A Cape Town man was arrested after he was found trespassing in the parliamentary precinct. Parliament on Saturday confirmed an unknown individual unlawfully entered the parliamentary precinct during the early hours of Friday morning. ‘The trespassing incident did not disrupt ... Read More
* The KZN Government said the relocation of migrants who have been camped out on the pavements of Che Guevara Road in Durban will begin today. The migrants on Saturday accepted the government’s offer to be moved to the Lindela Repatriation ... Read More
* The CFO of African Bank Holdings, Anbann Chetti, has resigned with immediate effect. Chetti wishes to pursue other opportunities, the company announcement said. Chetti also resigned from his board role as an executive director of African Bank Limited and African ... Read More
* The discovery of the bodies of four women in Gauteng and the disappearance of a fifth woman has prompted police to issue a public warning. And while the SAPS has not confirmed that the deaths were the work of a ... Read More
* KZN police have offered a R50 000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts Banele Mshubi (3) from the Marikana informal settlement in Harding. Banele disappeared in December 2025 and his mother was subsequently arrested for failing to report the ... Read More
* A mystery substance that schoolchildren are buying in R5 sachets and mixing into their school lunches – leaving some of them hallucinating and others with explosive diarrhoea – is believed by police to be nothing more than old cooking oil ... Read More
* SA and Lesotho law enforcement authorities on Friday destroyed up to 1 787 firearms seized during crime-fighting operations in Lesotho, as the two countries strengthen regional co-operation to curb the proliferation and cross-border movement of illegal weapons. The joint initiative ... Read More
* Police have seized R9m worth of counterfeit goods during a multidisciplinary operation in Gauteng. The operation took place on Thursday in Marabastad in Pretoria. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Amanda van Wyk, said the operation formed part of ongoing nationwide efforts to ... Read More
