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Lest we forget: The Marikana Massacre is remembered as the worst bloodletting in South Africa’s democratic history and is often compared to the Sharpeville massacre of 1960, where 69 people died.

Marikana’s long wait for justice

Fourteen years after 34 mineworkers were killed by police at Marikana, families are still waiting for accountability, while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says the…

Cartel: Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) KZN deputy director Len John told the commission that his investigation into Bevan's murder implicated task team. Photo: IOL

KZN gangs infiltrated SAPS task teams

Retired warrant officer Gregory Loftus told the Madlanga Commission that his son, KZN tow truck owner Bevan Loftus, was murdered by police during a bogus Cash-in-Transit…

Photo: Paul Botes

Editorial: Marikana wounds linger

As the 14th anniversary of the Marikana massacre approaches, the article reflects on the tragic day in 2012 when police killed 34 striking miners. It highlights the ongoing lack…

Doing right shouldn’t be a death warrant

South Africa celebrates whistleblowers after their deaths but fails to protect the living. This article explores the national tragedy where those who uphold integrity become…

Sbonelo Thandolwenkosi Nkomo

For Sbonelo Thandolwenkosi Nkomo, 34, the law begins where the map often ends. Raised in a remote farming community in KwaZulu-Natal, he became the first person there to attend…

Dr Bryony Fox

Dr Bryony Fox, 30, has built hers by asking difficult questions and embracing the uncertainty that comes with answering them. Recently appointed as a Constitutional Court law…

Rethabile Segone

Rethabile Segone, 28, is asking what it should become. As a law researcher at the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Banking Law and an LLD candidate, he is exploring one of…

Lehlohonolo S January

At 28, Lehlohonolo S. January works where the law finds its final voice. As a law researcher at the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, he operates behind the scenes of some…

Seadimo Tlale

For Seadimo Tlale, 32, the law is more than a profession — it is a tool for expanding justice, challenging inequality and creating opportunities for those too often excluded from…

Brown Mogotsi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mogotsi bid to access witnesses' identities dismissed

The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court has dismissed businessman Brown Mogotsi’s application to compel the state to disclose the identities of witnesses in his criminal case.…

Justice must always be blind, says Jeff Radebe

ANC veteran and former Justice Minister Jeff Radebe testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry, asserting that justice must always be blind. He…

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi. (@mmkubayi/X)

Kubayi suspends three IDAC investigators as government launches major overhaul

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced the suspension of three senior investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption…

Phahlane distances himself from TRC cases

Former acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General Kgomotso Phahlane, testified before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg,…

Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Editorial: Johnson falls on her sword

Former Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) head, Andrea Johnson, faced intense scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission, where her testimony has been widely criticized.…

Former NIA legal adviser says she cannot remember key TRC events as cross-examination sought

Advocate Howard Varney, representing victims from the Calata Group, has applied to cross-examine former National Intelligence Agency legal adviser Yvonne Mabule. Mabule…

Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Johnson quits Idac to dodge fitness inquiry but can’t avoid Madlanga

Andrea Johnson, head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), has resigned to avoid a costly inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Her resignation, accepted…

Former Scorpions head returns to hot seat

Former senior executives from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and former Ministers of Justice and Constitutional Development appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation…

Ramaphosa clears Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke after inquiry rejects misconduct allegations

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reinstated Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke, clearing him to return to office after a year-long suspension. An…

NPA 'dismally failed' – Advocate Matzke

Advocate Trish Matzke, testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry in Johannesburg, reiterated her 2018 assertion that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has 'dismally failed'…

Power struggle: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala alleges he was caught in infighting between former police minister
Bheki Cele and his successor, suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: GCIS

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…