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Two in court for R2m theft

Two women appeared in a court on Thursday for allegedly stealing more than R2m while working as a clerk and a shop assistant, respectively, at a Milnerton, Cape Town, petrol filling station. Clerk Wilhelmina Burger, 58, and shop assistant Sandra Nelson, 64, appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court[…]

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Surrey Estate case postponed

The case against four men charged with the robbery of a store in Surrey Estate, Cape Town, which resulted in a bloody shoot-out with police on Monday, has been postponed. The suspects are alleged to have been part of a gang of robbers who held up the Primrose Markette. Three gunmen[…]

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Numsa in court battle to be allowed back into Cosatu

The lawyer for expelled National Union of Metalworkers of SA fought hard in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the right to ask to be allowed back into the fold of Cosatu at the federation’s Special National Congress (SNC) next month, instead of waiting until November. Their first[…]

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Panayiotou to hear fate of bail application

Magistrate Abigail Beeton is expected to announce her decision on whether or not murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou will be granted bail on Thursday at the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court. Panayiotou, 28, is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his wife Jayde on April 21. He faces charges of conspiracy[…]

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Nkandla matter may go to court, says Madonsela

If President Jacob Zuma fails to implement the remedial action the Public Protector suggested in her report on his private home in Nkandla, the matter might be taken to court, Thuli Madonsela said on Monday. Speaking on The Justice Factor on eNCA, Madonsela encouraged Zuma to approach the courts himself[…]

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EFF to take Zuma and Cabinet to court

The EFF wants to take legal action against President Jacob Zuma, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi and the Cabinet for what it said was a legal breach of the Constitution regarding the Nkandla matter. “These parties have conspired to review, contradict and reverse the findings of[…]

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More witnesses expected in Patel bail bid

More witnesses are expected to be called by prosecutors in the bail application of murder-accused Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel, the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court heard on Thursday. Prosecutor Mark von Dronik told the court the State was likely to call more witnesses after the cross-examination of investigating officer Constable David Nkuna[…]

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Man who claims Chabane was assassinated in court

The man who made allegations on Facebook that late Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane was assassinated will appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Thembani Chabane, who reportedly claimed to be a relative of Collins Chabane, appeared on April 2 and was released by Magistrate Mohamed Shaik[…]

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Malala attackers sentenced to life in prison

A court in Pakistan Thursday sentenced 10 men to life imprisonment for attempting to kill Nobel-prize winning teenage activist Malala Yousafzai in 2012, officials said, though the chief suspect remains at large. Pakistani Taleban militants boarded the teenager’s school bus and shot her in the head in October 2012 for[…]

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Motsoeneng must be suspended, court rules

The Western Cape High Court ruled on Thursday that SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng be suspended for 60 days pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing. Judge Ashton Schippers granted Motsoeneng leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, but his interim suspension must take place with immediate effective, the[…]

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