The acting judge who discharged Gutpa associates in the first state capture case fell short of legal and ethical standards, the National Prosecuting Authority submitted
Brannon Jonathan Petersen was handed an indeterminate sentence and declared a dangerous criminal after being found guilty of attempted rape, rape and murder
The current law fails to recognise Muslim marriages
The former president spent spent just an hour at the prison while paperwork was done to release him from the remainder of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court
In her short time as ANC treasurer general, Ramokgopa has overseen the resuscitation of the party’s finances
Submissions are being considered and a decision will follow by Thursday
Correctional services wants input as it considers a court order that says the former president must return to jail because his medical parole was unlawful
The board is also considering closing Ingonyama Holdings
The court said there was no reasonable prospects of success for an appeal on the judgment finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful
It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan
Ezulweni’s owner also charges Fikile Mbalula for claiming the banner deal was corrupt
Since 1995, South Africans who gained citizenship of another country lost their local one, but the court said home affairs had given no legitimate purpose for this
Both parties could be liquidated, a first in South African history
But the state made mistakes and almost lost the case
The minister argues the ruling compelling him to keep the lights on at hospitals, schools and police station is vague and impossible to implement
She has vowed to retire in the post and abandon any ambition to join the constitutional court
The apex court has denied the government of Mozambique leave to appeal a high court ruling ordering the government to surrender Chang to the United States
The appointments are to go ahead despite a revolt by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and axed board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya
The opposition party has argued that the high court failed to follow the pronouncements of the appellate court on the test for a secret ballot on a National Assembly vote
Justice Mahube Molemela said she would retire in the position, abandoning her earlier ambitions for a seat on the constitutional court
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
The party is also dealing with an internal revolt by its councillors over its coalition with the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters
Pistorius, who killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, will only become eligible for parole in August next year
The Road Accident Fund said it could not heed a high court order to pay R301 million to Sunshine Hospital that is dedicated to crash victims
The question over dismissing the Ngcobo report was whether MPs had a primary duty to hold the president to account or be accountable to voters
The presidency has described the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge the declaration of a national state of disaster over Eskom as “confusing” given that the party had been asking the president to do so since last year. DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed on Friday that the party had already briefed its legal […]
Legal precedent favours the ATM in its application to have parliament’s vote on the Ngcobo report overturned but the speaker says the court erred
Molemela joined the appellate court four and half years ago and fills the vacancy left by Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya
The opposition party argues that the speaker failed to apply the established test for calling a secret ballot when she declined to do so
Charge instituted on the eve of the ANC’s elective conference where Ramaphosa is seeking a second term in the presidency
The courts must be commended for upholding the law, but the Ngcobo report brings a new challenge
There is no taste of presidential power for presidential hopefuls Lindiwe Sisulu or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma — now or in December