The election of those who will run the country and the sixth Parliament for the next five years got off to a stuttering – there were surprise ‘no-shows’ and unexpected newcomers (see Pam Saxby’s report in the POLICY WATCH section ... Read More
The Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) former chief executive Dan Matjila and two other senior executives have been implicated in a complicated plot to facilitate an irregular payment of close to R100m for the benefit of a select businessman. This matter ... Read More
The US government has expressed ‘great disappointment’ that SA has decided to extradite Mozambique’s former Finance Minister Manuel Chang back to his own country rather than to the US to face massive fraud charges, says a Daily Maverick report. And ... Read More
The Departments of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Correctional Services, Economic Development and Environmental Affairs have been left without Ministers and deputies pending the announcement of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new Cabinet, reports Pam Saxby for Legalbrief Policy Watch. With the notable exception ... Read More
Most broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE ) transactions involving trusts, ‘broad-based ownership schemes’ and employee share ownership programmes submitted to the B-BBEE Commission for registration have fallen short of meeting the requirements concerned (Engineering News), notes Pam Saxby for Legalbrief Policy ... Read More
Comment is sought by 4 July on a draft financial sector conduct standard prescribing the minimum skills and training requirements of pension fund board members. It is envisaged that these could be acquired after being appointed and that six months would ... Read More
Convicted wife killer Rob Packham's daughter yesterday asked that her father not be 'put away forever'. Addressing Judge Elize Steyn in the Western Cape High Court where sentencing proceedings in Packham's case started, Kerry Meyer described her father ... Read More
The boyfriend of a policewoman whose burnt remains were found in a car in Nyoni, KZN, in January last year has been sentenced to life behind bars for her murder. The Mtunzini High Court convicted and sentenced Lucky Masinga, as ... Read More
Stacey Adams’ killer, Christopher Brown, has been sentenced to four life terms for the girl’s rape and murder, and for the murder of Thulisa Lavisa, the mother of his four-year-old son. Brown entered a plea and sentence agreement with the ... Read More
It should be a given that President Cyril Ramaphosa's new Cabinet will comprise squeaky clean Ministers, and be devoid of those who have been implicated in state capture and other wrongdoings. But while such an anti-corruption Cabinet will no ... Read More
Nigeria will sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA) as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari approves an impact-assessment report he requested. ‘I think the President has a sense of urgency about this because when he asked us to conduct ... Read More
Kenya’s High Court is tomorrow expected to deliver a long-awaited ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise same-sex relations, a verdict that could have repercussions across Africa. However, the LGBT community fears yet another postponement. In February, the ... Read More
Mozambique yesterday welcomed South Africa's decision to extradite former Finance Minister Manuel Chang over a government corruption scandal. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, SA's Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha confirmed Chang would be extradited to ... Read More
The Louisiana Senate approved a state constitutional amendment this week declaring that citizens have no constitutional right to abortions. According to a report in The Guardian, the move is the latest salvo in a broader assault against reproductive rights in ... Read More
Johnny Depp has denied physically abusing his ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming it was she who repeatedly attacked him during their turbulent relationship. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, in court documents the Hollywood star claimed Heard threw a ... Read More
A grand jury has indicted a man in the fatal shooting of the rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles. A report in The Guardian notes that Eric Ronald Holder Jnr was indicted on one count of murder, two counts each ... Read More
* The Thembalethu Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to an effective eight years behind bars for the murder of Sinoxolo Lunguza (18). Sinethemba Nzima was sentenced to 10 years, two of which were suspended for ... Read More
* An airline passenger en route to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Johannesburg has been arrested with 22 rhino horns in his luggage. The horns were intercepted by authorities at OR Tambo International Airport. He is expected to appear in ... Read More
