Story of an African farm murder
In July 2010, three people were brutally murdered on Sherwood Farm in KZN. But what really happened that night only unravelled in the courtroom.
Zuma's lawyers to meet NPA on Friday
Lawyers for ANC leader Jacob Zuma will make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority on Friday, a spokesperson said on Monday.
Mantashe: Zuma's prosecution is an attack on ANC
The African National Congress on Wednesday confirmed that it would join Jacob Zuma in his legal battle as friends of the court.
Court rejects e-filing of Zuma application
The Constitutional Court rejected the electronic filing of Zuma's latest court appeal and is still waiting for a hard copy version, an official said.
Listening to Judge Nicholson
In 2005, clearly, Mbeki was strong and Zuma weak. The shoe is now firmly on the other foot.
'Black bag man' sticks to his guns
Former Cosatu president Willie Madisha and former SACP treasurer Phillip Dexter both lost their positions after supporting Charles Modise's claim.
ANC faces toughest poll yet
The party's 2009 election strategy begins in earnest this weekend and it will need to surmount numerous internal battles.
Hard for Zuma to find a date
Staff Reporter, Adriaan Basson
Zuma's legal team argue that it is his right to exhaust every possible legal avenue before his criminal trial commences.
Sars keeps mum over Zuma tax returns
As the National Prosecuting Authority was revealing in papers submitted to the Constitutional Court how African National Congress president Jacob Zuma allegedly failed to declare his income to the taxman, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) on Friday was keeping mum.
NPA: Zuma's Concourt bid won't affect trial
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma's bid to have search-and-seizure raids declared unconstitutional will not derail the state's case against him and French arms company Thint, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Tuesday.
Arms deal: ANC works to avoid 'thumb-suck'
The African National Congress (ANC) will appoint an ad-hoc committee to draw up a "detailed factual report" on the arms deal, the party announced in Johannesburg on Tuesday. "We are not asking for the re-opening of the arms deal. We need to get a detailed formal report ... to take informed decisions," party secretary general Gwede Mantashe told journalists.
Media24 fined R150 000 over defamatory report
Media24, publisher of City Press, was on Monday ordered to pay prominent African National Congress politician and medical doctor Zweli Mkhize R150 000 in damages for a defaming him in a report in March 2007. Mkhize is chairperson of finance and economic development in the KwaZulu-Natal Cabinet.
ANC Youth League condemns case against Zuma
African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma's rights to a fair and speedy trial have been violated with impunity, and the independence and credibility of organs of state have been severely compromised, the ANC Youth League said on Wednesday.
Zuma's Mauritian case postponed
The case involving African National Congress president Jacob Zuma in Mauritius has been postponed, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Friday. The case has been postponed to May 7. Zuma's lawyer told SABC news that the case had been postponed because the defence team wanted to study the affidavit filed by Mauritian Attorney General.
Rattray murder suspect's confession stands
A confession by a gangster that he took part in the raid in which historian David Rattray was murdered was ruled as admissible evidence against him in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday. Sibonele Xolani Mpanza (28) had contested the confession.
State infringed Zuma's rights, court told
The state's attempts to obtain documents from Mauritius infringed African National Congress president Jacob Zuma's right to a fair trial, the Constitutional Court heard on Wednesday. Zuma's advocate said that allowing the documents from Mauritius to be "imported" would "negate" the Zuma legal team's ability to challenge the documents in court.
Judge jails armed robbers for 20 years
South Africa's high crime rate and prevalence of firearms were dissuading some people from visiting the country, a Pietermaritzburg High Court judge said on Thursday before passing sentence on two armed robbers. Acting Judge Sipho Nxumalo sent Sipho Zitha of Durban and Sydney Yende of Soweto to jail for 20 years.
Zuma turns to highest court in graft case
African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma has asked the Constitutional Court to strike down a court ruling allowing seized documents to be used against him in a corruption case. Zuma and his lawyer Michael Hulley argued that prosecutors and investigators had acted illegally when they raided and seized documents.
See you in court, arms firm tells NPA
Jacob Zuma's two co-accused -- the two South African subsidiaries of French arms manufacturer Thales International -- are not making any plans to go to court before the August date set by the National Prosecuting Authority [NPA]. "We will meet them [the NPA] on the 4th of August," said lawyer Ajay Sooklal.
