A Saudi court Monday passed death sentences on three men over deadly attacks in 2003 and 2004 that targeted foreign residents of the kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The three were convicted of involvement in a 2003 suicide bombing on a residential compound in the capital Riyadh and[…]
It would be up to the courts to determine whether BDS South Africa has been in violation of Woolworth’s right to privacy, in regards to its boycott campaign on the retail chain. This is according to the Freedom of Expression Institute’s chairperson Prof. Anton Harber, commenting on Woolworths seeking court[…]
The decision by mass retailer Woolworths to serve court papers to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement of South Africa (BDS SA) to end their boycott of the company may be a risky move, according to branding and advertising expert Andy Rice. On Thursday, BDS SA were served court papers[…]
The High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday that Cell C’s case against a banner criticising its service is not urgent. Judge Sharise Weiner found that the poster’s damage had already been done. She also found that disgruntled client, businessman George Prokas, had alerted the network provider to his intention[…]
Emotional e-mails from slain honeymooner Anni Dewani to her husband Shrien were retrieved from her phone in 2011, an investigating officer told the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Captain Paul Hendrikse, the State’s 15th witness, said they recovered her BlackBerry phone and sent it to the United Kingdom in[…]
Ten Western Cape police officials, based at the Parow police station in Cape Town, appeared in the Bellville District Court on Monday.The officials, who were arrested at the weekend, face eight charges of corruption each, with the amounts involved totalling in excess of R10,000. State advocate Max Orban, of the[…]
A new witness is expected to be called on Tuesday as the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani continues in the Western Cape High Court. On Monday, the court heard from a hotel receptionist of how two important phone calls took place around an alleged plot to kill Dewani’s wife[…]
Libya’s Supreme Court has announced the dissolution of the UN-backed elected parliament, which has taken refuge in the eastern city of Tobruk, while another parliament vying for legitimacy is stationed in the capital Tripoli. The decision, announced on Thursday, came in light of a request by a Tripoli parliament member[…]
The trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of murdering his wife Anni, continues in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Shuttle taxi driver Zola Tongo, one of the men convicted of the killing, was expected to continue being cross-examined. On Monday, Dewani’s lawyer Francois van Zyl questioned Tongo[…]
Lawyers for embattled SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala on Monday asked the Western Cape High Court to rule that Parliament was conducting a disciplinary inquiry against her and had no right to do so. Norman Arendse told the court Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications failed to indicate the legal basis on[…]
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