As reported in yesterday’s Legalbrief Today, former President Jacob Zuma is to ask State Capture Inquiry chair Raymond Zondo to recuse himself when Zuma gives testimony on the grounds that he is biased against him, failing which Zuma will not ... Read More

Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to face jail time for accusing her of incompetence and for saying she is unfit to hold the position of Public Protector, notes legal writer Karyn Maughan in a report in Business ... Read More

SA’s trade union federations have agreed to jointly protest against the harsh socio-economic conditions bedevilling workers. Trade union federation Cosatu, the Federation of Unions of SA, the National Council of Trade Unions and the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu ... Read More

The case of a Mpumalanga ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) member accused of the rape of his eight-year-old twin daughters was postponed in the Mbombela Magistrate's Court yesterday. NPA spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said the man appeared in court alongside ... Read More

Former jockey Graham Gregorowski (35) has been found guilty of the premeditated murder of his live-in girlfriend Janet Scott (54) in the cottage they shared in Shongweni in October 2016 and has been sentenced to life imprisonment, notes TimesLIVE. KZN High ... Read More

Three police officers implicated in the fatal shooting of teenager Nateniël Julies were denied bail by the Protea Magistrate's Court yesterday. Delivering the ruling, Magistrate David Mhangu said their release would disturb the public peace. ‘There is a likelihood ... Read More

When Parliament finally voted on the Political Party Funding Bill, in June 2018, it was passed with a majority of more than 85% and not a single vote cast against it. ‘Now, more than two years later, the Act is ... Read More

‘The next time that former President Jacob Zuma or any other governing party leader rallies against the unfairness of the criminal justice system, one should question how they had used their power as the President, Cabinet Minister, MP, or as ... Read More

Two Lesotho army officers who have spent three years in prison awaiting trial, have challenged the constitutionality of amended bail laws that require them to show ‘exceptional circumstances’ in order to get bail. They did not persuade the court to ... Read More

The intensified prosecution of people using social media platforms indicates the Zimbabwe Government’s desire to protect itself from public pressure. And a new Bill clamping down on cybersecurity is set to further curtail freedom. In a Daily Maverick analysis, Fazila ... Read More

Kenyan authorities are investigating four separate allegations of theft of funds at the national health insurer. The National Hospital Insurance Fund is also in the spotlight over its new organisational structure that has seen various staff promoted to senior positions ... Read More

Over the past two months, Egypt's burgeoning #MeToo movement has exposed sexual assaults, spurred legal reform and emboldened hundreds of abuse victims to speak out. Rights activists are now calling for the campaign's message to target poorer women ... Read More

The barrister who was mistaken for a defendant three times in one day at court has called for compulsory anti-racism training at every level of the UK legal system. According to a report in The Observer, Alexandra Wilson, who specialises ... Read More

Only one in six lawyers believe that remote hearings are suitable for vulnerable defendants, according to a new report by the solicitors’ professional group. According The Justice Gap, in a new report, the Law Society is arguing that the UK ... Read More

The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has responded to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, casting it as a blatant attempt to overthrow the Affordable Care Act (ACA) amid ... Read More

* A 29-year-old man who confessed to killing Glen and Vida Rafferty and their dog on their Normandien farm in KZN has abandoned his bail application. Siyabonga Goodman Macu appeared in the Newcastle Magistrate's Court yesterday after he confessed to ... Read More

* Four men have been sentenced to life in prison for the gang rape of a woman in Port Elizabeth in 2017. A fifth perpetrator, who was 17 and therefore a juvenile at the time of the rape, was sentenced to ... Read More

* The CCMA has issued a strike certificate to United National Transport Union members at Prasa after a wage dispute. This comes after the parties could not reach an agreement on the proposed multi-term wage offer for Prasa employees. Read More

* A cleaner accused of raping a woman at a Covid-19 quarantine and isolation facility will learn on 5 October if his bail bid has been successful. Clinton Hartnick appeared in the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court. He was arrested shortly ... Read More

* The Western Cape Liquor Authority (WCLA) has issued fines totalling R1 731 220 since March. The province’s MEC for Community Safety, Albert Fritz, said yesterday the fines were issued between 27 March and 25 September. He said the WCLA also ... Read More

* Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé yesterday appointed the country's first ever female Prime Minister. Victoire Dogbé is ​an economics and marketing graduate and had held a senior post in the President's office. She spent a decade as Youth ... Read More