The SCA has overturned a Bloemfontein judge’s decision to summarily acquit all of the accused in the R24.9m Nulane ‘scam’ case after finding she committed ‘numerous errors of law’ – and has ordered a retrial. Legalbrief reports that Acting ... Read More
A losing bidder for the fourth lottery licence has filed an application in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), seeking to review and set aside the decision last month to award the licence to Sizekhaya Holdings. But first, the bidder wants ... Read More
The City of Cape Town has lost its court bid to claim damages against Cell C over damage to the Cape Town stadium, says a Cape Times report. The Western Cape High Court ruled that the debt had prescribed and ... Read More
Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission Maropene Ramakgopa has told the National Planning Commission Summit that work has begun on a new national plan with the existing one due to end ... Read More
Energy & Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has told the African Green Hydrogen Summit that green hydrogen must be understood not merely as a clean fuel, but as a strategic enabler of Africa’s structural transformation, writes Wyndham Hartley. ‘It holds the potential ... Read More
SCA: Inzalo Enterprise Management Systems (Pty) Ltd v Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality Judgment: 11 June 2025 Keywords: Contract – interpretation – delivery of data at end of contact – terms not clearly defined – High Court order overbroad – failure ... Read More
Free State High Court (Bloemfontein): Ntobongwana v Ntobongwana Judgment: 4 June 2025 Keywords: Claim for damages – Alleged assault – standard of proof – alleged malicious prosecution – requirements – no reasonable or probable cause – malice Summary: Gerald Ntobongwana ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng): Tariefdienste (Pty) Ltd v The Executive Mayor of JB Marks Local Municipality and Others Judgment: 10 June 2025 Keywords: Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) – access to information – locus ... Read More
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi has entered into plea negotiations with the state, reports News24. Agrizzi has been charged with corruption related to the more than R1.8bn in tenders that Bosasa won from the Department of Correctional Services. The ... Read More
KZN Judge President Thoba Poyo-Dlwati yesterday called on the state and defence to iron out issues in pretrial proceedings in the case of the five men accused of the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes, reports TimesLIVE. Poyo-Dlwati was speaking ... Read More
One of the three police officers on trial for the assault of a barber during a raid at his workplace in Mowbray in 2023 intends to plead guilty to the charge of torture. However, proceedings could not continue at the ... Read More
Street vendors, waste-pickers and other own-account workers are here to stay. Reforming labour laws to realise their right to collective bargaining – to co-determine their working conditions – should be a critical part of formalising the informal sector. University of ... Read More
Being on the Treasury’s restricted suppliers list – even temporarily – can be costly for your business if you are a bidder. Disqualification of a bidder from a tender can happen without an acknowledgment of non-compliance or wrongdoing on their ... Read More
A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it ‘fails to guarantee’ the rights of the Chagossian people, reports BBC News. The deal, signed last month, handed sovereignty of the ... Read More
Former Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, Senior Counsel Martha Karua and four others have filed a case at the East African Court of Justice against the Tanzanian Government, accusing it of unlawful detention, refusal of entry and deportation, according to ... Read More
Botswana is determined to regain its status as the least corrupt country in Africa, reports the Botswana Daily News. According to Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Botswana ranked 57 out of 100 countries in 2024, a decline from ... Read More
The rise of group litigation in the UK could cost the economy almost £18bn, a free market thinktank based in Brussels has estimated. A report on the Legalfutures site notes that the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) said ... Read More
A recent survey has revealed that Hong Kong and Singapore are Asia’s ‘premier seats’ for international arbitration, according to experts. According to an Out-Law.com report, the Queen Mary University of London has just released the results of its most ... Read More
As UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil the outcome of her Spending Review, the Law Society has renewed its campaign for more investment in civil legal aid to ensure everyone has access to family, community care and mental health ... Read More
* Heavily pregnant reality TV star and sangoma Gogo Maweni made a brief appearance at the Protea Magistrate's Court in Soweto yesterday. Maweni, whose real name is Makhotso Lee-Anne Mofokeng, faces a charge of assault GBH for an alleged incident ... Read More
* GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World – SA’s biggest gaming complex in Cape Town – is set to get a new fully-fledged shopping centre of around 22 000m² that will boost its mixed-use leisure and retail offering. The R600m development will ... Read More
