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Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.  (Photo by Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Judge dismisses Mapisa-Nqakula’s ‘pre-emptive strike’ in arrest saga

The speaker’s application to stop her arrest was dismissed as ‘speculative’ and she was ordered to pay the costs of the legal challenge

Fugitive: Malawian millionaire preacher Shepherd Bushiri waves at sympathisers as he leaves the Lilongwe magistrate’s court on 19 November 2020 after skipping bail in South Africa.  File photo: Amos Gumulira/Getty Images

Corruption rap for NPA pair for failing to prosecute Bushiri

The Hawks allegedly ‘forced’ Bushiri’s alleged rape victims to withdraw their complaints

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Sergei Chirikov/AFP)

Will Putin be arrested if he arrives in SA?

Should the Russian leader attend the Brics talks, he must be apprehended under an ICC warrant

Bids: Former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki are alleged to be linked to the supply of fighter jets . (Yoav Lemmer/AFP/Getty Images)

‘NPA obstructing $10bn arms deal investigation’

The graft, alleged by the head of an investment management firm, is said to implicate Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki

Especially egregious: In 2020, ordinary people donated food and sanitary products to fill a void left by the South African Social Security Agency’s bungling of aid distribution, for which it budgeted R45.5-million. This was beset by corruption and non-delivery, and for which it has yet to experience legal sanction. Photo: ER Lombard/Gallo Images

NPA fails to deal with R7.8bn in Covid-19 corruption

Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far

Suspended ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

Why Ace Magashule witness is refusing to testify

A recording of the Hawks’ interview with a former secretary of the ANC strongman – who faces extradition from the US – gives insight into why the state’s case against him may…

Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Nelson Mandela.

Education, gangsterism and the Constitution – Cape Town youth have their say

The justice and constitutional development department hosted a dialogue for school-goers on constitutional education in Parliament on Monday.

Dewani to be extradited in April

Shrien Dewani will reportedly arrive in South Africa on 8 April to face charges relating to the 2010 murder of his wife, Anni.

Shrien Dewani.

Dewani extradition yet to be decided, says justice dept

A UK court has granted Shrien Dewani new hearings that could result in appeals lasting for years, but it is not the final order, says Mthunzi Mhaga.

NPA to hand over ‘reduced’ Zuma files to DA

NPA to hand over ‘reduced’ Zuma files to DA

The NPA have announced it will hand over the "reduced record" of the documents involved in dropping corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.

NPA confident of securing ET murder conviction

The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche continues in the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp on Monday.

Dewani to be made fourth accused in honeymoon murder

Dewani appeal to be heard in December

Shrien Dewani’s appeal against an extradition order to South Africa — which will see him tried for his wife’s murder — will be heard in December.

Terre’Blanche murder trial closes for judgment

Terre’Blanche murder scene photos posted on Facebook

Close family of slain AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche are threatening to sue a man for posting gruesome pictures of his corpse on Facebook.

Winnie-fracas cops suspended

NPA: More investigating needed in Winnie, cop spat

The docket on a highway confrontation between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s driver and two cops was sent back to the police for further investigation.

Nigerian militants threaten to attack SA investments

Okah appeals against bail judgement

Nigerian terror accused, Henry Okah, plans to appeal against a decision to deny him bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Rape charges against Jules High pupils withdrawn

The charges of consensual sexual penetration against three Jules High School pupils were provisionally withdrawn, the <em>Star</em> reported.

NPA confident Selebi conviction will hold

NPA confident Selebi conviction will hold

The NPA said is confident the Supreme Court of Appeals will confirm the conviction of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi.

No Scorpions, no case

A complainant who gave the Scorpions evidence of major tender-rigging has been told that the case was closed because the unit was disbanded.