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Matlala attempted murder trial to run until 18 September
The high-profile attempted murder trial of businessman and alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his four co-accused, including his wife, is scheduled for 30 court…
EMPD deputy chief Mkhwanazi and Witness K bail hearing set for Wednesday
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and a Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department inspector, known as Witness K, are due…
Mogotsi denied bail again as court rejects ‘new facts’
North West businessman Brown Mogotsi will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court found that evidence presented in his second bail application amounted to a…
Cat Matlala’s attempted murder case faces further postponement
Businessman and alleged Big Five cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala's attempted murder case faces further delays as the defence requests multiple postponements. Matlala and his…
I will never retreat from my ideas,” Malema says as sentencing is postponed to April
The EFF leader told supporters he would not abandon his ideas
Zambia: Missed opportunities in the feud over Edgar Lungu’s burial
If President Hakainde Hichilema cannot manage a funeral, how can he manage a country?
Flood damage: An act of God or governance failure?
Everyone remembers April 2022, when torrential rains pummelled KwaZulu-Natal and floodwaters ravaged homes, roads and factories. Lives were lost, families were displaced and…
Justice delayed, grief denied: When the courts fail the bereaved
The case is postponed and delayed for numerous reasons, which means we are fighting to be heard
No Will. No clarity. Plenty heartache
Legal and emotional complications arise when someone dies without a will and no clear evidence of ‘life partnership’
DA must navigate coalition politics rather than divide the GNU and South Africa
The Democratic Alliance’s rush to court over debates it has lost such as employment equity is an abuse of the law
Curatorship: A cause of or cure for conflict?
The court can step in and help protect the interests of vulnerable people like older people with conditions such as dementia.
Trump could run for president from behind bars
The United States Constitution does not prevent him from contending the elections and the majority of Republicans continue to support him
Zuma’s charges against Downer and Maughn to be heard in 2023
But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process
Disgruntled members threaten to overturn results of Mpumalanga ANC conference, set to run over weekend
Members have accused the ANC’s national working committee of punching above its weight when it dissolved the Mpumalanga provincial executive committee and installed a task team…
Telkom continues with lawsuit despite spending more than R2-billion on spectrum
The telecoms company says the court’s findings may affect the recent spectrum auction and its outcome