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Durban attorney Ahmed Amod remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong regarding a dubious property scheme

Durban lawyer facing sequestration blames estate agent for his legal woes

Court battle plays out over millions to allegedly buy property in luxury city area

Steveno van Rhyn, accused number two in the kidnapping and trafficking of Joslin Smith.

Joslin Smith: Accused two says police did not treat him with ‘respect and dignity’

Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court

Judge Nathan Erasmus on Thursday sentenced Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, Steveno van Rhyn, and Kelly Smith, convicted earlier this month of kidnapping and trafficking Joslin Smith, to 10 years in prison for the former, and life imprisonment for the latter.(Screenshot of trial proceedings)

Attorney for mother of Joslin Smith challenges police credibility during trial

A second police witness on Tuesday told the court that Kelly Smith’s partner was uncooperative when questioned

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. (Photo: MK Party/X)

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla says she is being prosecuted to settle political scores

There was no link between her social media posts and the looting and destruction that took place in July 2021, she told the court

National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Shamila Batohi.  (Photo by Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Shamila Batohi vouched for deputy after he was denied security clearance

The national director of public prosecutions says that key personnel are being targeted as part of a fight-back by state capture forces

Left to right: Regan Naidoo’s aunt Cookie Thaver, his uncle Jeffery Mahalingan, his father Timothy Naidoo, cousin Andrea Naidoo, his widow Kerosha Naidoo and another cousin Keenan Naicker. The trial of 17 police officers for his death in custody has again been postponed. (Benita Enoch)

Frustration mounts as case against 17 cops who allegedly tortured, killed Chatsworth man is again postponed

Police said Regan Naidoo ‘choked on a pie’, but according to a postmortem report, he suffered multiple rib fractures, bruised lungs and a blunt force head injury

ANC sets its sights on the judiciary

ANC sets its sights on the judiciary

Four months before its policy conference, the ANC has made it clear that it intends to push for a radical transformation of the judiciary.

Speedy justice in World Cup courts

Speedy justice in World Cup courts

Doping is banned at the Soccer World Cup but the South African justice system is on steroids, with its special courts acting swiftly against crime.