Egypt’s high court overturned the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial in his embezzlement case, opening the way for a possible release from jail for the ousted former president. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to three years in prison in May for diverting public funds earmarked to[…]
A Gugulethu man, arrested in connection with multiple cases of murder and rape in the Cape Peninsula during recent months, appeared in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Cape Town police said. “The suspect appeared on a rape case and we are currently in the process to formulate further charges.[…]
The lawyers of 16 actors who were axed from SABC1 soapie Generations, were expected to approach the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. According to the City Press, the group want the newly launched version of the soapie, Generations The Legacy, to be taken off screens. The group allege that[…]
Charges against four pro-Palestinian activists who protested inside a Woolworths store in Cavendish Square was dropped in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Monday. Four picketers from the Action Forum for Palestine (AFFP) were arrested on Saturday by the store’s security personel and later detained at the Claremont police station on[…]
Four pro-Palestinian activsts arrested while protesting inside the Woolworths store in Cavendish Square on Saturday were allegedly “manhandled” by the store’s security and management. Three men and one woman, members of the Action Forum for Palestine (AFFP), were taken to a basement and escorted to the Claremont police station. The[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has caused an uproar again. Malema made utterances at the party’s congress on Tuesday, urging members to illegally occupy land and mines country wide. Afriforum has now lashed out at Malemas comment’s and are taking legal action. CEO Kallie Kriel said on Thursday that he believes[…]
British businessman and murder accused Shrien Dewani is expected to hear on Monday whether he can leave South Africa and return home a free man. Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso, despite facing a petition calling for her recusal, will decide whether Dewani’s application to be discharged[…]
An Egyptian court dismissed Saturday a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during a 2011 uprising, after a dramatic retrial in which he defended his three-decade rule. The court also acquitted the ex-strongman of a corruption charge, but he will remain in detention because[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters will turn to the courts to stop Parliament suspending 12 of its MPs, the party said in a statement on Friday. “The EFF will be approaching the court for an urgent interdict against Parliament’s illegal decision to suspend its leadership,” said EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. “Parliament[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an application on Monday for a list of South Africa’s National Key Points to be made public. The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) and the SA History Archive (SAHA) want the list to be made public in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information[…]
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