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The Durban businessman’s family members will be arrested and will be back in the dock in May along with former KwaZulu-Natal cops.
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Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
Members of the media, public and special interest groups will have to apply if they want to watch and report on the proceedings in person
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ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he was a victim of a ”systematic abuse of power”, but stressed he was not above the law.
African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma was officially free of his corruption charges on Tuesday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma will appear in the Durban High Court on Tuesday for its endorsement of the NPA’s withdrawal of the charges against him.
Indictments were served on the Lotter double murder accused on Friday and the matter was transferred to the Durban High Court.
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A durban court was packed with journalists on Wednesday ahead of the state’s application for leave to appeal against Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling.
A campaign to prevent arms currently aboard a Chinese ship from reaching Zimbabwe gained momentum on Monday with trade unions calling on their counterparts not to allow the vessel to dock at any African port. The Congress of South African Trade Unions called for an international boycott of the vessel.
The vote recount in a number of constituencies in Zimbabwe following March 29 elections is futile because ballot boxes have been tampered with, a South African member of the Southern African Development Community observer team said on Monday.
A ship that was carrying weapons and ammunition destined for Zimbabwe lifted anchor and sailed from Durban less than an hour after the Durban High Court ordered that its controversial cargo cannot be transported across South Africa to that country.
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The documents the state is seeking to obtain from Mauritius may never be used against African National Congress president Jacob Zuma, the Constitutional Court heard on Thursday. State advocate Wim Trengove said evidence gathered ”does not automatically become evidence before the court”.
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There is no statute determining exactly what provisions should be in a search warrant, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday as African National Congress president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thint began a last-ditch bid to prevent key documents from being used against them.
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African National Congress president Jacob Zuma arrived at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday amid a heavy security presence and the sound of camera shutters as photographers attempted to shoot pictures. A heavy police presence was visible around the court buildings while journalists packed the press gallery trying to get a view of Zuma.
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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.
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The state will foot Schabir Shaik’s legal costs at the Constitutional Court next year when he fights to retain his assets worth about R33-million, the Star newspaper reported on Friday. In an application to the Durban High Court recently, Shaik indicated that he had no cash and would need about R2,5-million to cover legal costs.
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A ”final briefing” on whether African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma would have to face new corruption charges would be given to the acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) on Thursday. The National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement that the prosecution team was due to brief Mokotedi Mpshe on the case.
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Jacob Zuma and his lawyer Michael Hulley are claiming in papers filed with the Constitutional Court on Wednesday that search-and-seizure raids by the Scorpions invaded their constitutional right to privacy, and dignity.
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A 37-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife 45 times before driving her into Durban’s harbour in a bid to cover-up the murder was sentenced to 18-years’ imprisonment in the Durban High Court on Friday. Judge Vivienne Niles-Dunér ordered that Dhanendra Heeralall only be eligible for parole after 11 years.
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A 37-year old Durban man on Thursday pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife 45 times before driving into Durban’s harbour in a bid to cover up the murder. ”I’m very sorry at what transpired,” said Dhanendra Heeralall as he sat in the dock at the Durban High Court.
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma has said South Africa would become even better if he became president. Speaking at the Rand Club in Johannesburg, Zuma’s response to those who were thinking of leaving SA if he became president was: ”I can assure you that this country will become even better.”
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African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Jacob Zuma is the only man who can steer the ANC-led tripartite alliance back to its leftist tradition and worker bias, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sastu) said on Friday. Sadtu held a national general council meeting in Johannesburg.
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/ 9 November 2007
Hundreds of strikers converged on Durban’s Moses Mabhida Soccer World Cup stadium on Friday as the third day of the construction workers’ strike began. Armed with sticks, umbrellas and knobkerries, the crowd began toyi-toying outside the stadium.