Floyd Shivambu and Marshall Dlamini are also among the senior members who will not be able to attend, the result of their storming the stage at SONA 2023
Judge Nathan Erasmus noted that a psychiatrist had found Mafe to be delusional and described his behaviour as ‘strange and inappropriate’
Gang-related deaths totalled 23 in the first 18 days of September
Should Brannon Petersen only be reconsidered to be released in August next year, he would have spent 27 years in prison, ten years after his indefinite sentence expired
Brannon Jonathan Petersen was handed an indeterminate sentence and declared a dangerous criminal after being found guilty of attempted rape, rape and murder
A psychiatric report however says Mafewas not aware of his conduct when he set the national assembly building alight
The apex court said there was no evidence that the president acted in a way that exposed him to a conflict of interest between his official duties and private interests
The central bank told the court that Berdine Odendaal had a repudiated an agreement to be given access to frozen funds by demanding more
Western Cape high court finds Moyhdian Pangkaeker showed no remorse, was unlikely to be rehabilitated and needed to be removed from society
Defence counsel for Moyhdian Pangkaeker tells the Western Cape high court one or more life sentences would be like a death sentence, asks for 30 years
Premier Alan Winde called for the investigation after a court judgment indicated senior police officer had worked with members of the 28 gang
The court upheld an appeal by miners against a high court victory for environmentalists but recognised the defence in a landmark ruling on abusive litigation
udgment halting the River Club development
in Cape Town was ‘induced by fraud’, full bench
of the Western Cape high court finds
An appeal panel has called for a tribunal to investigate both the judge president of the Western Cape division and his deputy on impeachable charges of misconduct
The Western Cape high court heard extensive argument on Friday as to whether the suspended public protector could be returned to office
President says court attributed bias to him due to suspended public protector’s past conduct
The acting public protector says the claims by the suspended public protector’ that the Phala Phala investigation has stalled and that she had been denied access to documents for her impeachment inquiry are false
The official opposition says the high court was wrong to conclude that the suspension was rushed and tainted by bias
There was a reasonable apprehension that the president was biased and his decision made in retaliation for her Phala Phala probe
The state tells Moyhdian Pangkaeker that he is a dangerous person, and that he killed and raped the child
Moyhdian Pangkaeker evaded the justice system for about four years during which time he twice absconded while on parole. He faces 27 charges, 24 of which he allegedly committed while on parole.
Police witness struggles to recall details of murder investigation because of memory loss caused by Covid-19 infection
The president rejected the demand that he lift her suspension as public protector and said he would defend his decision in a legal challenge she sought to bring
The high court said her second rescission application did nothing to suspend the operation of a court order, and stressed the importance of accountability of the public protector
It is unclear whether the murder accused will lay charges against two inmates after being beaten up in the vehicle transporting them to court
Moyhdian Pangkaeker absconded from parole twice yet was released on a warning three days after his arrest for assault in 2019, just months before the eight-year-old’s death
Defence does not rule out further action after bail dismissal
Interim interdict ‘spares death’ of 170 animals at the hands of hunters, judge says
The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing
Zandile Christmas Mafe faces charges of setting parliament on fire on 2 January
Searcher Seismic says it will suffer ‘catastrophic’ financial prejudice from the interdict, but small scale fishers say they will suffer significant irreversible harm to their livelihoods if the survey proceeds
The JSC not only got it wrong in law, but lacked a majority to make a binding recommendation that Judge John Hlophe face impeachment, the Johannesburg high court heard on Monday morning