A backpackers in Soweto is brimming with tourists here for football and a taste of authentic South African culture.
The appointment of former acting prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe as an acting judge on the North West bench may be unconstitutional.
Justice minister in ‘highly unusual’ campaign to find post on Bench for former acting NPA chief.
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/ 29 January 2010
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has been reliably told that South Africa has a serious shortage of trained dogs and handlers.
In a breakthrough investigation, the ICD has found that crime statistics at Mountain Rise police station in Pietermaritzburg were manipulated.
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/ 21 January 2010
Researchers and the police trade union have warned that the South African Police Service’s drive to lure back 50 000 retired officers could founder.
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/ 15 January 2010
Ermelo has come up with an innovative solution to ease the trauma of crime-hit tourists
Daimler asks government to clarify the "confusion and uncertainty" about its position on the reparation suit by apartheid victims.
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/ 27 November 2009
The Jackie Selebi trial judge, Meyer Joffe, is the only contender for the South African Judicial Institute’s top job.
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/ 20 November 2009
Sello Alcock visits Kliptown’s Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square to see if he can have a meaningful tourist experience in his own backyard.
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/ 13 November 2009
A re-examination of an audio recording made at the scene of Judge Nkola Motata’s drunken crash says it loud and clear — Motata made racist remarks.
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/ 27 October 2009
Arrest warrants for the masterminds of a Ponzi scheme that led to wealthy South Africans being swindled have been issued, it was announced on Tuesday.
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/ 21 October 2009
Sello Alcock reviews <em>Hani: A life Too Short</em> by Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp.
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/ 24 September 2009
The JSC may have dealt Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe a slap in the face this week, but the Africanist perspective still triumphed.
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/ 23 September 2009
How race — and Judge John Hlophe — turned the judiciary upside down. Sello S Alcock reports.
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/ 18 September 2009
The Judicial Service Commission’s grilling of candidate judges for the Constitutional Court positions kicks off in Soweto on Sunday.
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/ 6 September 2009
The JSC found that Hlophe’s actions were improper, but did not constitute the "gross misconduct" legally required for impeachment.
Government is planning a massive show of political and security muscle at Sunday’s launch of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit system.
Chief Justice Pius Langa retains the moral high ground when dealing with sensitive issues, writes Sello S Alcock.
“I could never have spoken in such disparaging terms about you,” Hlophe said in a letter to Chief Justice Pius Langa.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has informed the minister of justice that he intends to return to work after the current court recess ends.
The Mountain Rise Police Station has some explaining to do after a scheme to manipulate statistics is uncovered, writes Sello S Alcock.
Politicians talking tough on crime could well be interpreted by police as a licence to employ violent law-enforcement tactics.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s bid to dodge an impeachement is increasingly resembling the strategy that got Jacob Zuma off the hook.
Minister: that South Africans are in the dark about crime statistics must be blamed on the agenda of the opposition Democratic Alliance.
Gender Commission chair told to account
to Parliament, writes Sello S Alcock.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago denied a R700-millon figure but said: "We are not prepared to engage further on this matter."
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/ 24 February 2009
Whistleblower suspended pending an investigation for conducting himself "in an improper and unbecoming manner".
Senior government spokesperson confirms informal deal with the justice minister.
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/ 1 February 2009
The call is part of a growing demand by Palestinian sympathisers to investigate the role of South African Jews in the IDF.
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/ 30 January 2009
Sent to Parliament: A letter accusing the CEO of PanSalb Rosemary Ntombenhle Nkosi, of financial mismanagement and abuse of power.
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/ 21 September 2008
Three years ago Gauteng administrators asked a group of really smart people to look into the economic potential of Soweto.