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Zuma and Thales ordered to stop ‘Stalingrad tactics’ in arms deal trial

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to stop using ‘Stalingrad tactics’ to delay the long-running arms deal…

Sequelae: The Criminal Procedure Act was amended in 1993 to allow ‘dangerous criminals’ to be detained for an indeterminate time. They do not qualify for parole but may be released if a court finds them no longer dangerous. But some men are being re-sentenced instead. Photo: Getty Images

When only the court can set you free

Should Brannon Petersen only be reconsidered to be released in August next year, he would have spent 27 years in prison, ten years after his indefinite sentence expired

The National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO) is still in a “legislative review process” after its release was halted in February to address the confidentiality and disclosure clauses that prevent public access, the ministry of justice and constitutional development said

Convicted rapist and murderer jailed in 1998, continues bid for parole

Brannon Jonathan Petersen was handed an indeterminate sentence and declared a dangerous criminal after being found guilty of attempted rape, rape and murder

Former president Jacob Zuma. Photo: Supplied

Zuma arms deal trial postponed until August

The delay has been forced by the former president’s latest application challenging the standing of state prosecutor Billy Downer

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP)

Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer is ‘diehard Stalingrad’

It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

Arms deal appeal ruling due but Zuma may not take no for an answer

Should the court deny leave to appeal, it is unlikely to be end of a legal strategy openly described by the state as one of continual delay

The largest annual growth in December was recorded in new vehicle sales, up 30.7%,
StatsSA said. Photo: Supplied

Victory for motorists as court declares Aarto demerit system unconstitutional

Outa says it is back to the drawing board for the government.

Winding his neck in: Ace Magashule. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Court to hear what state calls ‘Magashule’s bid to stall trial’ in February

The NPA has insisted in an affidavit in response to Ace Magashule’s application for a raft of declaratory orders that he has a prima facie case to answer

Former South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)

Zuma tries to turn his courtroom attack on Downer into a criminal case

Jacob Zuma has laid charges claiming that Billy Downer, and the NPA, have irredeemably tainted the arms deal corruption charges that have haunted him since 2005

Former president Jacob Zuma and now leader of uMkhonto weSizwe party. File photo

Zuma’s high court application is Stalingrad, season 27, NPA argues

The NPA argued there was no need for Zuma to testify in the special plea application to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and, hence, no need to postpone the matter

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Kim Ludbrook/AFP)

Zuma’s high court bid to avert arrest hinges on jurisdiction, judge says

Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Getty Images)

ConCourt to hear Zuma’s rescission application on 12 July

The commission will oppose the former president’s application and was directed to file papers to the court next week

Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says former president Jacob Zuma had “sought to thwart” attempts by Barbara Hogan, then the public enterprises minister, to appoint a Transnet group chief executive from 2009 to replace Maria Ramos.

Zuma says the state lacks legitimate standing to charge him

The former president argues that the National Prosecuting Authority is so deeply compromised that it cannot lawfully lead evidence against him

(Mail & Guardian)

Editorial: Beware the cruel noise of Twitter

Users of social media and journalists need to take care when posting or reporting about children and tragic events

Restorative: Judge Hans Fabricius is hearing the application of the Khosa family. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Victory for Khosa family as judge makes orders to prevent further state brutality

In its ruling the high court sought to restore the ‘social contract’ between citizens and government after the assault and death of Collins Khosa

Policing receives the most complaints regarding corruption

Inner-city raids: criminal police conduct violates residents’ privacy and dignity

Residents of 11 buildings in Johannesburg have challenged the constitutionality of the raids they were subjected to in the high court

Dossier dread: The police illegally gained access to Mail & Guardian reporter Athandiwe Saba’s cellphone records. (Delwyn Verasamy)

What it’s like to be spied on

Mail & Guardian journalist Athandiwe Saba tells of finding out that she was being surveilled

(Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Child law centre loses SCA bid to have identities protected after child turns 18

Media houses may continue to name children involved in criminal cases after they turn 18 and ‘become adults’

Governments are also increasingly trying to make the use of online services and social media more difficult generally. (Reuters)

Journalist surveillance: Spooks are back in action

Right2Know report shows state surveillance of journalists is on the increase as corruption in government and private sector is uncovered

The Sunday Times reported more than a week ago that Mahumapelo had instructed AgriDelight to deliver a herd of cattle worth R1.5-million to the Nkandla homestead of his political ally

Whistleblower fingers North West leaders in ‘farm scam’

A company that secured contracts worth hundreds of millions of rands was allegedly a conduit to funnel funds to senior provincial politicians