A woman who allegedly stole a newborn baby at Grootte Schuur Hospital 18 years ago, made her first appearance in the Cape Town District Court on Friday. Levina Sabena Solomon, 50, of Lavender Hill of the Cape Flats, appeared before magistrate Zamekhai Mbalo. Solomon was arrested on February 26 She[…]
Greenpeace has filed papers in the High Court in Pretoria to try and compel Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson to update the country’s nuclear liability regulations, it said on Friday. The fact that the South African government was pushing ahead with controversial plans for new nuclear investment meant the country’s liability[…]
University of Cape Town student Djavan Arrigone told the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court that he thought he was being funny when he urinated off the balcony of a nightclub, Saturday Star reported. Arrigone, 20, reportedly said he did not care if his urine landed on someone. He has been charged with[…]
Umrah pilgrims were left outraged when charges were withdrawn against Gaironiesa Foundation founder Shahied Stakala when he appeared before the Mitchell’s Plain magistrate’s court on Friday. The mu’tamireen hopelessly witnessed as the court withdrew all charges of fraud and theft under false pretences against Stakala. Apart from having his charges[…]
Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday upheld opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction and sentenced him to five years in prison, a verdict he slammed – while standing in the dock – as the “murder of judicial independence” and the result of a political conspiracy. The case has widely been seen at[…]
The aggrieved family of slain Toufiq Joseph say they are disappointed in the justice system. Toufiq’s father, Ebrahim Joseph said the National Prosecuting Authority has failed to clearly communicate when murder suspect, David Forbes was to appear in court for his trial. Upon arrival at court on Thursday morning, Ebrahim[…]
The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) will re-launch its application at the Western Cape High Court in March to push President Jacob Zuma to enact the Muslim Marriage Bill into law. The bill has divided Muslim opinion and has been fiercely contested by individuals and organisations in South Africa. This has[…]
An Egyptian court on Monday condemned 183 men to hang for the lynchings of 11 police officers by rioters in August 2013. The condemned were found guilty of an attack on a police station on the western outskirts of Cairo in apparent retaliation for the deadly dispersal by police of[…]
A speedster who attracted a lot of media attention after claiming he was a Western Cape MEC failed to appear in a Johannesburg court on Wednesday. Initially, the man was expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of reckless or negligent driving. Court officials on Wednesday[…]
Gauteng Hawks head Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya goes to the Labour Court on Wednesday to challenge his notice of suspension from the crime-fighting body. His lawyer Victor Nkhwashu told The Star that they were hoping to get details of the suspension. “He [Sibiya] hopes to be supplied with the particulars we’ve[…]
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