Major-General Richard Shibiri is the first high-profile police officer to be fired following evidence before the Madlanga Commission linking him to alleged criminal figures and police corruption, reports News24. It notes two senior, independent police sources said Shibiri had been ... Read More
A potential impediment to the speedy commencement of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment hearings seems to have been cleared last night. At the same time, it was decided that the Impeachment Committee members might also be required to be ‘fit and ... Read More
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) has strongly condemned an incident of disruptive behaviour that unfolded at the Labour Court in Durban on Wednesday, describing the conduct as unacceptable and a threat to the dignity and integrity of the ... Read More
Parliament’s Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Committee, and the Electricity & Energy Committee have expressed support for the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee to assess and intervene in distressed municipalities, particularly those owing significant amounts to Eskom, reports Wyndham Hartley ... Read More
National Treasury has, in a statement, issued the 2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework Technical Guidelines, ‘which respond to calls for public money to be used more effectively and deliver better value for money to address national development priorities', reports Wyndham ... Read More
Constitutional Court Barnard N.O. and Another v National Consumer Tribunal and Another Judgment: 3 June 2026 Keywords: National Credit Act 34 of 2005, s 148(2)(b) – appeal – participant in a hearing – National Consumer Tribunal – ... Read More
Western Cape High Court Booysen NO and Another v Road Accident Fund and Another Judgment: 3 June 2026 Keywords: Curator bonis – remuneration – Road Accident Fund – compensation payment – capital vs income – Administration of Estates Act 66 ... Read More
Western Cape High Court BPJN obo IN v Road Accident Fund Judgment: 3 June 2026 Keywords: Road Accident Fund – quantum – mild traumatic brain injury – infant – neurodevelopment – loss of earning capacity – general damages – contingencies ... Read More
The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court has denied bail to alleged political fixer and North West businessman Brown Mogotsi, finding he failed to provide accurate residential addresses and that he could evade trial. Mogotsi appeared in court yesterday for the ruling ... Read More
The mother of a three-year-old – who was left with permanent disability and disfigurement after being hit by a car – has been awarded a Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout of more than R5m. Western Cape High Court Judge Matthew ... Read More
Steel magnate Rafik Mohamed was granted R100 000 bail in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court sitting in Palm Ridge, Ekurhuleni, yesterday. Mohamed was granted bail on condition he did not interact with state witnesses, hands in all his travel documents ... Read More
The recent Gauteng High Court judgment in Mangundhla and Another v SA Reserve Bank and Others is contradictory to a previous decision in Standard Bank v SARB, creating conflicting High Court authorities on whether exchange controls apply to crypto assets. The situation, says Alude ... Read More
In the ongoing impasse between Starlink and SA, and a push for regulatory change to allow the satellite service owned by Elon Musk to operate in the country, SA needs to critically assess whether it really needs the technology in ... Read More
Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have arrived in Kenya, amid controversy over Washington’s plan to establish a US quarantine base for Ebola exposure, reports Business Insider Africa. At least six military aircraft landed after a Kenyan ... Read More
A court in Nigeria has sentenced four men to death for attacking a church in the south-western Ondo state in 2022, reports BBC News. Forty-one worshippers were killed and more than 100 others injured when they opened fire at the ... Read More
The US has imposed sanctions on commanders of armed groups it accused of driving the conflict in eastern DRC, where fighting has continued despite mediation efforts by Washington, reports Polity. Clashes have continued in eastern Congo, where M23 rebels, which the UN says are ... Read More
Official guidance on single-sex spaces in the wake of a UK Supreme Court decision could leave service providers with more questions than answers about how to practically implement it. In an Out-Law.com analysis, partner at Pinsent Masons, Susannah Donaldson ... Read More
The House passed a resolution this week to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, ratcheting up pressure on the administration to find a way to end the unpopular war. A report in The Washington Post notes ... Read More
The US Supreme Court issued an unsigned order this week allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that is expected to benefit Republican candidates during the midterms, effectively eliminating a district currently represented by a black Democrat. A Jurist report ... Read More
