Judge Piet Koen said there was no reasonable prospect of success for an appeal on the dismissal of Zuma’s plea to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and it was in the interest of all that his criminal trial resumes
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
Opposition parties say the need for private-sector involvement in state affairs is proof of a ‘failing dummy cabinet’
As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma
Dali Mpofu, arguing for the former president’s leave to appeal the high court’s refusal to remove prosecutor Billy Downer from his arms deal trial, hinted at a constitutional court challenge
Zandile Mafe’s referral for psychiatric observation has been set aside and Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has ordered that he be released immediately to a correctional facility.
Zandile Mafe appeared at the Cape Town magistrate court on Thursday morning before being taken in for observation.
Zondo commission’s first report released earlier this month recommends prosecution for about 20 individuals implicated in graft at state-owned entities
The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has finalised its criminal investigation into the petrochemical company’s alleged industrial pollution of the Vaal River.
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Defence advocate Dali Mpofu SC argued it would be ‘abuse’ if Mafe were to be detained for months only to be found ‘sane’
The ruling party was not only asleep on the job while former president Jacob Zuma colluded with state capture agents, but also lined its coffers with the proceeds of crime, the acting chief justice finds
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Yakhe Kwinana, the former chairperson of SAA Technical, has been asked to make representations to Saica, but has not responded
The former chairperson of SAA Technical received R4.3-million in kickbacks from a supplier
If the four-year Zondo inquiry into state capture is to be worth a billion rand, the NPA has to bring those who looted the country to book. Yet it has performed inadequately for more than a decade
The first of three reports to be handed to the president outlines how misrepresentations by the former SAA board chairperson cost the airline R800-million
A too narrow focus on the number of convictions from the final report of the state capture commission will mean a failure to see the impact it has already had
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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
The government’s most urgent to-do list: vaccinate, stimulate the economy, and return the rule of law
Prosecutions boss acknowledges public frustration at the failure of its investigative directorate unit to secure convictions but says corruption accused are deploying Stalingrad tactics to have charges thrown out
Differing interpretation of the Firearms Control Act resulted in the seizure of a shipment of billets bound for the DRC from Durban harbour last week
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Former Free State premier asks the court to declare that the state’s case against him contains no evidence that would lead to a successful conviction
The national director of public prosecutions is up against internal stonewalling that is rooted in the Zuma years of state capture
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The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
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The Eastern Cape premier has been granted a temporary reprieve from the public protector’s remedial action, but the fight is far from over
Judge Piet Koen set 11 April 2022 as the date for the arms deal trial to commence and if Zuma’s counsel signalled that they may seek leave to appeal, this is highly unlikely to force an umpteenth delay
A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft
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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
Acting judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s acquittal of a rape suspect has raised controversy, but legal experts say the fault lay with legislators and not the court
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In Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe torture is used to extract information, elicit confessions, punish or sometimes for sadistic reasons
The Hawks have accused the NPA of ‘dragging its feet’ despite voluminous evidence against the Eastern Cape premier
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Family of Cape man who was beaten to death fights Juane Jacobs’s claim that he needs medical parole
In a statement, United Phosphorus Ltd said that it was co-operating with authorities and the government.