President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an urgent application for a stay of his impeachment inquiry. In an affidavit filed on Friday, Ramaphosa said he had ‘no choice’ but to institute the application. ‘This is because there is a possibility, and ... Read More

An attempt by former NDPP Shamila Batohi to ‘massage’ her image after her unprecedented walkout from a judicial inquiry has met with a blunt rejection from the panel, reports TimesLive. The advocate also received censure from Justice Bess Nkabine and ... Read More

Gauteng Traffic Chief Samuel Mashaba, who is accused of attempting to steal 715kg of cocaine, has been suspended, reports News24. In a statement released yesterday, the Gauteng Provincial Government said that Mashaba was placed on precautionary suspension pending the conclusion ... Read More

Parliament has, in a statement, said its Joint Committee on Ethics & Members’ Interests has concluded ‘an historic first public participation process to receive oral submissions on the comprehensive review of Parliament’s Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ ... Read More

Mpumalanga High Court (Mbombela) Malumane v MEC Mpumalanga Department of Health and Others Judgment: 11 June 2026 Keywords: Salary deductions without permission – Self-help by employer impermissible – Section 77(3) of the BCEA confers concurrent jurisdiction with Labour Court ... Read More

North West High Court (Mahikeng) Mendo v Rustenburg Local Municipality and Others Judgment: 11 June 2026 Keywords: Double sale of immovable property – Competing contractual claims – Municipality negligence in concluding prior written sale followed by later sale through administrative ... Read More

Free State High Court (Bloemfontein) De Villiers Theron NO and Another v Duminy and Others Judgment: 22 May 2026 Keywords: Transfer of proceedings between Divisions – Transferee court obliged to hear matter once proceedings properly transmitted – Word ‘may’ in ... Read More

Alleged political peddler Brown Mogotsi will get another shot at bail after his lawyer told the court that new information would resolve confusion around his residential address. Mogotsi appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where defence attorney Malau ... Read More

A police sergeant told the Gauteng High (Johannesburg), sitting in Palm Ridge, that the mother of 11-year-old boy Jayden-Lee Meek appeared calm during a search when he went missing, IoL reports. Tiffany Meek has pleaded not guilty to the murder ... Read More

The KZN High Court (Durban) has locked down a 2027 trial date for three men accused of trying to kill a prominent tax advocate. Kholwani Ntanjana appeared alongside his co-accused, Siyanda Mbulwana and Mcebisi Runeyi, before Judge President Thoba Poyo-Dlwati ... Read More

The damning evidence emerging from the Madlanga Commission has profoundly damaged the credibility of the Hawks, and the possibility that this elite crime-fighting unit itself may require fundamental restructuring, or even complete replacement, has become a necessary consideration, argues policy analyst Reneva ... Read More

In the race to get digitally-connected, Africa risks a quiet erosion of sovereignty, the empowerment of insurgent networks and the outsourcing of the continent's digital future to private corporations that have their headquarters far beyond the continent’s borders. With ... Read More

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has presented recently retired Chief Justice Luke Malaba with an agricultural mechanisation package including a tractor, a Nissan UD truck, a boom sprayer and a planter – drawing sharp criticism from lawyers who say the gift retrospectively ... Read More

Niger’s military-run government has enacted a new penal code that criminalises same-sex relations with heavy jail sentences, reports africanews. By passing the reform, it follows in the footsteps of other West African countries in adopting tough anti-LGBTQ legislation. While relations ... Read More

A social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s First Lady has been seized by a London council, reports The Guardian. Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Fatima Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported ... Read More

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, which came into force on Friday, creates harmful changes to the EU’s asylum system, the Jurist reports. Originally adopted in 2024, the pact introduces stricter regulations aimed at broadening ... Read More

The US Supreme Court (USC) has denied an appeal by the state of Alabama to execute death row prisoner Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas. Two lower courts had earlier blocked the use of nitrogen gas in executions, finding the method ... Read More

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for his role in ordering a military drone incursion over North Korea. The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of aiding the ... Read More

* KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who blew the whistle on the infiltration of the justice system by cartels, still harbours hope for the SAPS, despite the corruption revelations at the Madlanga Commissiont. Addressing police officers set to run yesterday’s Comrades ... Read More

* A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the murders of an elderly couple, Ernst (71) and Dina Marai (73) at the Kruger National Park. Macandze Lionel da Marta (2), a Mozambican national, was apprehended in Zimbabwe where he ... Read More

* Eastern Cape police are appealing for assistance in locating a missing police dog and tracking down three armed suspects who robbed a primary school before vanishing into dense bush in Mdantsane. The incident unfolded on Friday, when three armed men ... Read More

* The remains of a KZN man who was allegedly lured to Russia with promises of employment have finally been returned to SA, more than two months after his death. Sihle Makhaye (44) was among a group of SA men who were ... Read More