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Law and order: Aspirant prosecutor Tumisho Maleka, who is aiming to become a Constitutional Court justice. (Alet Pretorius)
ANGUS MCKENZIE

Training the NPA’s next prosecutors

The aspirant prosecutors programme, on hold for years because of lack of funds, has started up again, creating a pool of future prosecutors

  • Franny Rabkin
6 min read
During a previous court appearance the accused’s lawyer, Riaan du Plessis, told the court that there was a need to explore the mental state of his client at the time of the alleged incident. (Gemma Ritchie/M&G)
DROS

‘Dros rapist’: No bail application, pictures can be taken in court

Magistrate Mali Mokwena ruled that the media may take still photographs 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after court proceedings.

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
Luyanda Themba Tshabalala ‘was very clever at school. [He] was a quiet boy who loved studying.’
ARIELLE SCHWARTZ

​Father who shot son to appear in court

The 50-year-old was arrested on Wednesday morning following the shooting of Luyanda Themba Tshabalala

  • Arielle Schwartz
1 min read
OSCAR PISTORIUS

Women protest outside Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

A group of women have protested at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court where murder-accused athletics star Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing is taking place.

  • Sapa
2 min read
FIRES

Blaze closes Pretoria Magistrate’s Court

A blaze that ripped through the third floor of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday brought the wheels of justice to a halt.

  • Giordano Stolley
2 min read