The family of the late president Nelson Mandela was overjoyed on Tuesday as one of his grandchildren, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, was granted bail. After spending over a week in jail, the 24-year-old father of three, who bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, flashed a smile at[…]
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir says lies and hatred against him won at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday where he was found guilty of attempted murder. “The lies and the hate won over the truth and the love,” he said before walking down the courtroom stairs back to the[…]
Notice of a legal challenge to the suspension of Oscar Pistorius’s early release from prison had not yet been received by the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, spokesperson advocate Mthunzi Mhaga said on Thursday morning. This means Pistorius could wait up to four months to hear if he would[…]
The sentencing of nine men found guilty of contravening the Civil Aviation Act after dumping faeces at Cape Town International Airport is expected to be handed down at the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The group were found guilty in February. The men, including Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement leaders Andile[…]
The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) are intensifying efforts to have legislation enacted that would recognise Muslim marriages within the county’s courts and alleviate the legal challenges Muslim women face when contending with issues of divorce, maintenance, inheritance amongst others. This comes as a Mitchell’s Plain woman has made headlines for[…]
Seven men who were arrested for public violence in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, are expected to appear in court after a night of unrest, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. The group was arrested on Monday night after a number of community members fled to the Hout Bay police station[…]
Molo Songololo has expressed shock and disgust at a judgement issued by the sexual offences court in Parow, which let a convicted child pornographer seemingly off the hook with a suspended 8 year sentence. Andries Petrus Retief was convicted of luring minors to his farm in Durbanville, where he proceeded[…]
Two men arrested for drug possession in the Cape Town CBD on Sunday, will appear in court Monday. Police say the two long distance bus employees were arrested after arriving from Gauteng. They say they found drugs worth R2-million hidden in the driver’s compartment area. The drugs include heroin, cocaine[…]
The High Court in Pretoria has suggested that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) investigate how South Africa violated a court order to prevent Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country, allowing him to evade arrest for alleged crimes against humanity. Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said ignoring the[…]
A former high-ranking official in the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, who allegedly abused his position to enrich himself, appeared in court in Cape Town on Wednesday. Manfred Joseph, 54, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Bellville, together with co-accused Randall William Benjamin, 42, and[…]
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