In the absence of any ruling amending that of the apex court, the police minister and commissioner risked being in contempt too if they failed to detain the former president to begin serving his 15-month sentence
Bheki Cele and Jacob Zuma share a relationship dating back to the 1980s
Jacob Zuma successfully used an appeal to tribal identity for his ascent to the presidency. And he tried to use it again to avoid being sent to jail
People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations
The former president is not assured that the high court will find that it has the power to stay the execution of the warrant of his arrest. Even if in turning to the apex court, he is directing himself to the right court at last, it is not clear that it can assist him either
Critics argue that South Africa’s latest submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a unilateral and fraught exercise
In the introduction to his book, author Ebrahim Harvey says the social crisis we have today is the result of the false understanding the ruling party has of our society and history
The former president’s application for rescission is a bid to distort the law and the facts of the matter that earned him a 15-month sentence for contempt, the commission secretary said
The ANC has resolved that Niehaus’s conduct at Nkandla was in contravention of rule 25.17 of the party’s constitution and warrants disciplinary action
Conversion therapy in LGBTQIA+ children is discrimination on the basis of gender and sexuality under the constitution of South Africa; yet it is still not prohibited under the Children’s Act of 2005. An amendment seeks to change that
The board’s chairperson has accused the judges who heard the case of not declaring they were interested parties in the case
The former president was admonished by a male judge during his trial for rape and responded meekly
Opposition parties have requested that the regional delegation return to the Kingdom within one week and meet all stakeholders under one roof
The Pietermaritzburg high court has reserved judgment on the former president’s urgent application to stay his warrant of arrest, leaving it moot whether the police will respect a deadline by the apex court to take him into custody before midnight on Wednesday
Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court
Advocacy group Equal Education says Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs must tell court why they shouldn’t be jailed or fined for contempt over failures of the national school nutrition programme during the pandemic
Government officials will now still have to wait like everyone else to receive their Covid jab, according to the health deputy director general
A major review of South African marriage law is underway and we must ensure that the proposed reforms reflect the democratic values of our pluralistic society
But the ANC’s national executive committee also said the interests of an individual cannot take precedence over the rule of law
The Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption
The police minister and commissioner argue that they should not enforce the arrest warrant for the former president while he tries to have his sentence set aside
This tool developed by the Triad Trust and The Foundation for Aids Research, Amfar, will point you to the gender-based violence services closest to you – no data needed
Minister’s ‘interference’ said to undermine SAPS’ restructuring and the filling of 160 000 posts
The Zondo commission is arguing that the high court has no jurisdiction over the warrant for his arrest or his claim that his constitutional rights have been violated
Police minister Bheki Cele and national commissioner Khehla Sitole receive their Covid-19 vaccines as inoculation starts for law enforcement
Scientists are collecting information on the new Delta Plus Covid-19 mutation, a sublineage of the Delta variant that is causing infections to rise globally
Prime minister to Zulu monarch says amabutho acted without permission of royal family
Minister Lindiwe Zulu made wide-ranging announcements on Friday, including how early childhood development centres should operate under level-four lockdown
The global brewer paid billions to gain a foothold in South Africa, but the deal wasn’t all it was cracked up to be
Despite this, a new report has found that investment in Covid financial recovery packages focus on fossil fuels
In court papers, the commission argues that his application for rescission of his 15-month sentence fails the test of the court rule on which it seeks to rely
The former head of state claims he has been persecuted for more than 20 years