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The MK Party applied to stop the JSC interviews as it wanted impeached former Western Cape judge president John Hlope (left) to be allowed to be part of the panel that will interview future judges. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
COURT APPLICATION

JSC interviews to progress as MK bid to halt them dismissed

The Johannesburg high court dismissed MK’s urgent court application to halt JSC interviews

  • Anathi Madubela
1 min read
AFRIFORUM

Malema, Economic Freedom Fighters singing ‘Kill the Boer’ ruled not hate speech

AfriForum has indicated that it will appeal the judgment made by the equality court

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA – SEPTEMBER 28: The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Protea Magistrate’s Court for bail ruling on September 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BRIDGETTE HARRIS

High court admits damning recording of alleged police cover-up in Julies murder case

Brutality trend emerges in trial against Eldorado Park police trio facing charges relating to the murder of Nathaniel Julies

  • Tunicia Phillips
3 min read
A South African Police Service (SAPS) officer holds his weapon as suspects lie on the floor after they were found being in possession of alcohol, that goes against the rules of the national lockdown, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on March 27, 2020. – South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the continent. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
COVID 19

Johannesburg cannot police its future

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

  • Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
19 min read
Old Mutual won their appeal against former CEO Peter Moyo. (Gallo/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe)
COUNTRY

Moyo: I don’t know why the board does not want me back

Talks between Moyo and Old Mutual regarding his reinstatement reached a deadlock on Wednesday

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
Miners affected are eligible to get R10 000 to R500 000, depending on the nature and the severity of the disease.(Emile Hendricks)
ANGLO AMERICAN

Money from the silicosis settlement is not fixed

It will give current and ex gold mineworkers an opportunity to receive a medical examination and compensation for those suffering from silicosis

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
2 min read
HIGH COURT

Dreams deferred: Wits students lose bid to remain in residences

The South Gauteng High Court on Monday dismissed their bid to force the institution to allow students writing deferred exams to remain in residences.

  • Prega Govender
1 min read
RADOVAN KREJCIR

Czech fugitive Krejcir fails in bid to have judge recuse himself

Radovan Krejcir has unsuccessfully tried to have high court Judge Colin Lamont recuse himself – alleging he is part of a conspiracy against him.

  • Lindi Masinga
2 min read
NOMVULA MOKONYANE

Outrage as high court sheriff detained at premier’s office

A sheriff of the court has been detained at Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s office while trying to remove furniture under a court order.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Politics enters Gauteng judicial race
DUNSTAN MLAMBO

Politics enters Gauteng judicial race

The succession race for the position of judge president of the North and South Gauteng High Courts has begun and has taken on political overtones.

  • Charles Molele
  • Matuma Letsoala
6 min read
‘Here it is every man for himself’
KWANELE SOSIBO

‘Here it is every man for himself’

Residents housed in Jo’burg’s temporary shelters fear a steady return to dereliction.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
8 min read
LOUIS FICK

Court to rule in AfriForum-Zimbabwe case

The South Gauteng High Court is expected to deliver judgement on an application by Zimbabwe to stop AfriForum from

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
NPA confident Selebi conviction will hold
CORRUPTION CASE

Selebi granted leave to appeal

Former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi has been granted leave to appeal against his conviction by the Supreme Court of Appeal.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
KATHY SATCHWELL

High court ‘creaking to a halt’, says judge

Prominent Judge Kathy Satchwell has warned that the South Gauteng High Court was slowly "creaking to a halt" due to bad management.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
It’s back to hospital for Selebi
ADRIAAN BASSON AUTHOR

Selebi’s financial affairs under scrutiny in court

A document compiled by Jackie Selebi’s wife has become the focal point of the former police chief’s cross-examination in the South Gauteng High Court.

  • Adriaan Basson
2 min read
FRANS MALAN

Heavy bargaining behind judges’ selection

Serious backroom horse-trading lay behind the JSC’s appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Gauteng High Court judge Frans Malan.

  • Sello S Alcock
2 min read
JOHN HLOPHE

Court sets aside JSC Hlophe hearings

The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday ordered that the JSC proceedings against Cape Judge President John Hlophe be stopped.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read