ANC heavyweights including former president , veteran Ahmed Kathrada, tourism minister Derek Hanekom and former speaker, Max Sisulu will be present to lend their support to Pravin Gordhan when he appears in court on fraud charges in November. The National Prosecuting Authority has announced that is pursuing fraud charges against[…]
The State on Friday submitted an affidavit, detailing what it said was proof that twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie had planned to leave South Africa for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Thulsie twins, who were arrested more than two weeks ago, are accused of plotting[…]
One of South Africa’s most senior prosecutors, advocate Willie Hofmeyr, has declared war on his latest boss, Shaun Abrahams, accusing him of misleading the court, sidelining him and aligning himself with a “systematic pattern of improperly protecting” his controversial colleague Nomgcobo Jiba. Hofmeyr, who until last year headed the successful[…]
M-Net does not want to be associated with a person who is largely perceived to be a racist, the High Court in Johannesburg heard on Tuesday in response to an application brought by axed Idols judge Gareth Cliff. “What M-Net is saying, is that your view and conduct has[…]
Four flotilla activists have filed a suit against Israel in a US federal court, seeking damages for injuries they say they sustained during a 2010 Israeli raid on a boat bound for besieged Gaza Strip. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the civil case, who include three Americans and one Belgian[…]
The long-running battle within the council of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is set to go back to court. And, once again, the unresolved allegations of corruption, especially concerning a R70m security tender, continue to swirl amid claims of political interference, backstabbing and backhanders. On December 18, suspended[…]
Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will be back in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday for an appearance ahead of formal sentencing proceedings. Pistorius will be resentenced after his culpable homicide conviction was overturned for a stronger conviction of murder. Last week, the NPA confirmed that prosecutors had been engaged[…]
Preliminary hearings against the State have begun within the Western Cape High Court, as the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) and fellow interested parties seek to hold government to account over its failure to pass legislation that would recognise Muslim marriages within a court of law. The move seeks to compel[…]
A military court in Thailand has charged two men police accused of carrying out a deadly August bombing at a Bangkok shrine that left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured. The two, identified as Adem Karadag and Yusufu Miefaili, faced 10 charges on Tuesday in connection with the[…]
The bid to have the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the SABC’s COO set aside will be heard in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. The broadcaster announced in July 2014 that Motsoeneng would be permanently appointed to the post of chief operations officer (COO). This was despite a[…]
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