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Mbenenge fights JSC bid to recommend that Parliament impeach him
The Eastern Cape judge president says the Judicial Service Commission ruling that he committed gross misconduct is irrational and procedurally flawed
Black Business Council accuses top law firms of resisting transformation over Legal Sector Code challenge
A legal battle over South Africa’s Legal Sector Code has reignited debate over transformation, ownership targets and procurement rules in the legal profession
Legal fight deepens over lion bone trade
The NSPCA and EMS Foundation have been admitted as intervening respondents in a High Court case that could determine whether the Minister is legally required to set export quotas…
MK bid to block Batohi pension tests limits of presidential power
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s urgent application to block Shamila Batohi’s pension, after hearing arguments on urgency and the…
Judge hands down ruling three years late
For most of that time there was no record in the official report that tracks late judgments
Ramaphosa says decision to sign NHI Bill was politically sensitive
This rendered it immune to high court review, he argues in an application for leave to appeal an order to hand over the reasons for his decision
New equity targets are constitutional, counsel for labour minister tells court
The ministry sought to counter the DA’s argument that the targets amount to unfair discrimination
Luxury properties seized in new Lottery corruption crackdown
Luxury homes, a farm and an upmarket car have been frozen as part of the ongoing investigation
Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act
The applicants asked for the definition of consent in the Act to be declared unconstitutional
High court hands DA a humiliating defeat on cadre deployment
The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found This content is restricted to registered…
Dudu Myeni in court on Bosasa corruption charges
The Hawks arrested the former SAA board chairperson and Sondolo IT director Trevor Mathenjwa on Friday in connection with security upgrades and travel gratifications she…
Meyiwa trial: Defence wants all photos downloaded from accused’s phone
Defence lawyers say they cannot proceed without the photographs, while state prosecutor George Baloyi is against the trial not continuing
Defence argues that photos were missing from the Senzo Meyiwa crime scene exhibits
State witness, forensic officer Thabo Mosia, who was recalled to the stand, said he only took eight pictures as he had problems with his camera
Gun that may have killed Senzo Meyiwa was stolen during a cash-in-transit heist
State witness and sangoma Lionel Robert Zwane told the Pretoria high court that three men came to ask for herbs before going on ‘a job’
Meyiwa trial: Ballistics expert says gun found at accused’s home matches bullet at crime scene
Lieutenant Colonel Christian Mangena’s reconstruction of the scene showed that two shots were fired in the house where the football player was killed