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Southwestern hospitality

Southwestern hospitality

A backpackers in Soweto is brimming with tourists here for football and a taste of authentic South African culture.

Mpshe’s new job under fire

Mpshe’s new job under fire

The appointment of former acting prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe as an acting judge on the North West bench may be unconstitutional.

Radebe job-hunts for Mpshe

Radebe job-hunts for Mpshe

Justice minister in ‘highly unusual’ campaign to find post on Bench for former acting NPA chief.

Police ‘snub’ offer of sniffer dogs for Cup

The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has been reliably told that South Africa has a serious shortage of trained dogs and handlers.

KZN police station cooked crime stats

KZN police station cooked crime stats

In a breakthrough investigation, the ICD has found that crime statistics at Mountain Rise police station in Pietermaritzburg were manipulated.

SAPS recruitment drive may misfire

Researchers and the police trade union have warned that the South African Police Service’s drive to lure back 50 000 retired officers could founder.

From SOS to VIP

Ermelo has come up with an innovative solution to ease the trauma of crime-hit tourists

Daimler’s economic threat

Daimler’s economic threat

Daimler asks government to clarify the "confusion and uncertainty" about its position on the reparation suit by apartheid victims.

Meyer Joffe tipped for top job at judicial institution

The Jackie Selebi trial judge, Meyer Joffe, is the only contender for the South African Judicial Institute’s top job.

A stone’s throw from home

Sello Alcock visits Kliptown’s Soweto Hotel on Freedom Square to see if he can have a meaningful tourist experience in his own backyard.

Racial slurs on Motata tapes

A re-examination of an audio recording made at the scene of Judge Nkola Motata’s drunken crash says it loud and clear — Motata made racist remarks.

Ponzi-scheme suspect Tannenbaum faces arrest

Arrest warrants for the masterminds of a Ponzi scheme that led to wealthy South Africans being swindled have been issued, it was announced on Tuesday.

Portrait of a warrior-scholar

Sello Alcock reviews <em>Hani: A life Too Short</em> by Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp.

Constitutional Court hearings: Now it’s up to Zuma

The JSC may have dealt Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe a slap in the face this week, but the Africanist perspective still triumphed.

Battles of Bench and Bar

How race — and Judge John Hlophe — turned the judiciary upside down. Sello S Alcock reports.

D-Day for Concourt candidates

The Judicial Service Commission’s grilling of candidate judges for the Constitutional Court positions kicks off in Soweto on Sunday.

Kriegler’s challenge echoes Hlophe’s

The JSC found that Hlophe’s actions were improper, but did not constitute the "gross misconduct" legally required for impeachment.

Govt gears up for violence

Government is planning a massive show of political and security muscle at Sunday’s launch of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit system.

Diplomacy the order of the day

Chief Justice Pius Langa retains the moral high ground when dealing with sensitive issues, writes Sello S Alcock.

Hlophe does damage control

“I could never have spoken in such disparaging terms about you,” Hlophe said in a letter to Chief Justice Pius Langa.