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Mantengu Mining Limited CEO, Mike Miller,

Mantengu’s valuation quagmire

The Mantengu file: When expert valuations, courts and regulators all say no

The high court in Johannesburg has ruled against JDG Trading. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Loan company exploited social grant beneficiaries, high court rules

The Johannesburg high court found the company’s product was at odds with the National Credit Act

The teacher, who spent a weekend in custody, will now seek damages from the minister either through negotiation or a further trial. File photo

Gauteng teacher wins case against police minister after unlawful arrest, detention

Police were unaware of the law and a national instruction that gives them discretion in dealing with domestic violence arrests

Former president Jacob Zuma. File photo

High court denies Zuma leave to appeal against Ramaphosa

The former president sought to challenge the court’s finding that his private prosecution of the president was unlawful and invalid

Working together, governments, the private sector and regional bodies can solve the infrastructure problems hobbing the growth of the mining sector in Africa. Photo by Emmanuel Croset/AFP

Coal miners launch class action suit

Workers and their families claim they contracted lung disease from coal dust while working on mines owned by BHP Billiton, South32 SA and others

Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye.

Rapper Jub Jub held for rape, attempted murder and sexual assault

The arrest comes after police concluded an investigation into sexual assault accusations made by actress Amanda du-Pont last year

Zunaid Moti. File photo

Gag order against amaBhungane set aside

It was an abuse of the court process to grant a gagging order to the Moti Group, justice Ronald Sutherland said

President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president, Jacob Zuma. File photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ramaphosa says Zuma’s private prosecution is political harassment

The president is seeking a final interdict preventing his predecessor from pursuing such a step “now or in future”

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

UPDATED: High court grants Ramaphosa interdict pausing Zuma’s prosecution bid

The president successfully argued that submitting to an unlawful summons would be would be a violation of his right to freedom

Gauteng deputy judge president Ronald Sutherland on Friday issued a directive that all Johannesburg high court hearings will be held virtually for the foreseeable future because of load-shedding

UPDATED: Load-shedding forces Joburg high court to return to virtual hearings

Deputy judge president Ronald Sutherland said public works and the office of the chief justice have failed to provide the court with a reliable generator

The Economic Freedom Fighters provincial leaders are advocating for the removal of deputy positions, potentially sidelining Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (above) and Poppy Mailola. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Afriforum at equality court: ‘Kill the Boer’ song encourages farm attacks

Lobby group’s Ernst Roets tells court he can’t “think of a mainstream politician, even from the ruling party, who has spoken against farm murders”

The ability of religious private schools to implement their policies might hang in the balance as a case on whether they can require learners and parents to abide by their rules goes to court next week. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Private religious schools’ beliefs in the balance as landmark case goes to court

The outcome might have major ramifications for the autonomy of all private religious schools

Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe’s nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.

High court allows Freedom Under Law to oppose Hlophe’s review bid

The court found that the organisation’s past history in ensuring the misconduct inquiry against the Western Cape judge president was reopened refuted, rather than supported,…

Scenes from a Jeppestown hostel during Operation Fiela in 2015.

Constitutional court confirms warrantless searches in cordoned off areas unconstitutional

The law was challenged in response to raids in inner Johannesburg seemingly targeting illegal immigrants and the highest court has pronounced itself 10 days before an election in…

Nathaniel Julies’s parents look on during the bail hearing of the three accused of killing him in 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Police murder trial: 189 metal pellets killed Nathaniel ‘Lokkies’ Julies

At least 65% of the pellets in the cartridge hit the 16-year-old when he was gunned down in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, allegedly by in-training constable, Caylene Whiteboy

The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Protea Magistrate’s Court for bail ruling on September 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the trio accused in the Nathaniel Julies murder case was denied bail. The matter was postponed to 6 November for further investigation. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

One state witness is a no-show as Julies killer cops’ trial resumes

Nathaniel Julies’ murder accused Caylene Whiteboy was a junior reservist who graduated from college less than a year before the incident

Blind SA headed to high court over the Copyright Act

The organisation argues that the Copyright Act is unconstitutional because it violates the human rights of blind people. The case will be heard on 21 September

The former secretary general was cast out of the ruling party in May last year after he refused to step aside, as per the ANC’s rules over corruption, fraud and money laundering charges. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Magashule denied leave to appeal ruling upholding his suspension as ANC secretary general

The court dismissed Magashule’s claim that its scathing July judgment showed little sound reasoning, but rather a bias towards the Ramaphosa faction

Former apartheid security police officer João Rodrigues, who was charged with the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, died at his home on Monday. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

João Rodrigues, apartheid police clerk accused of 1971 Timol murder, dies

The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave

Signs are that the transport sector is on the path to recovery.

High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa did not publicise the tender and gave it to the consultancy despite its bid being R346-million more than that of another company.