The justice minister has used current deputy president David Mabuza’s backyard in Ehlanzeni as a venue to launch his campaign to realise his top six ambitions
It’s right to be angry about a white student peeing on a black student’s books, but what about poor people who have to live close to urine and faeces
The fraught interview carried an echo of the controversy over former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s religious pronoucements after members of the JSC cited extracts from Madondo’s writings on the biblical view on homosexuality
The South African Law Reform Commission has also called on police to fast-track the establishment of a victim identification database, and link it to Interpol
The National Prosecuting Authority risks reputational damage if it fails to act and donor money is part of the answer — as long as there was transparency
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LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
In an answer to a predictable question, the constitutional court justice cautioned that unfounded attacks on the judiciary risked undermining its legitimacy and the rule of the law
Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far
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In a public showdown with the president, the minister promptly distanced herself from his statement that said she apologised for her attacks on the judiciary
The president said slurs against the judiciary, sabotage against institutions and the findings of the Zondo commission showed the need to protect democracy
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the minister of tourism and a member of the party’s national executive committee was expressing her personal views when she attacked the integrity of the judiciary and the Constitution.
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ANC NEC member and Ramaphosa ally Ronald Lamola says that the NEC needs to have a generational mix in its next top six and hinted at possible deputy presidency.
The Constitution still rings hollow for survivors of gender based violence and those wallowing in poverty and unemployment, the justice minister concedes
A recording of the Hawks’ interview with a former secretary of the ANC strongman – who faces extradition from the US – gives insight into why the state’s case against him may unravel
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The regime’s last president may have ushered in democracy but he refused to take responsibility for the deeds of his National Party government
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The order overrules a decision by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to extradite the former Mozambican finance minister to his home country amid doubts that he would be tried there for a scandal that triggered a sovereign default
Moroadi Cholota, the woman at the heart of the state’s case against Ace Magashule, claims that the Hawks with the assistance of the FBI attempted to coerce and coach a statement out of her unrelated to her testimony at the Zondo commission.
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South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
The latest extension is the commission’s fifth to date
We must hold faith that law will prevail
The president has named a panel of experts to help him draw up a shortlist of candidates in an unprecedented move that opens the appointment to consultation
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
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Whereas low-level looters may receive fines or community service, the masterminds will be dealt with ‘ruthlessly’, says prosecutions head
The former president’s prison security will be handled by correctional services and there will not be given bodyguards or special security
Mkhize’s request to take special leave left President Cyril Ramaphosa reeling, party insiders say
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The finalisation of the extradition treaty may mean the United Arab Emirates will hand over information South Africa has been requesting for three years
Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the matter was still under investigation
Mozambique grows impatient for SA justice minister to rule whether former finance minister will be extradited to Mozambique or US to face corruption charges
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The money was found within the existing budget of the justice department after the treasury said it was not prepared to make a further allocation
As the Special Investigating Unit starts pushing for criminal and disciplinary cases, officials in the master’s offices start revealing crucial evidence
While the SIU delves into dozens of allegations of fraud, corruption and misconduct against officials at the master of the high court, many families have been left destitute after the death of their loved ones.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says his department will ensure the state capture commission is afforded the financial resources to complete its work, despite the treasury’s uncertainty