High Court

WLC to take govt to court on Muslim marriage

The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) is to take national government to court over its alleged failure to pass legislation that would recognise Muslim marriages within the country’s constitution. On December 1st The Western Cape High Court will hear arguments from the WLC and other parties with a vested interest in[…]

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Court to ‘supervise’ efforts to transform sport

The High Court in Pretoria will play a “supervisory role” in ensuring that South Africa’s national rugby team has more black players in future. This was after leader of the Agency for New Agenda party, Tshidiso Mokhoanatse, on Wednesday abandoned his bid to ask the court to prevent the Springboks[…]

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18-year-old kidnapping case heads to High Court

The matter against a woman accused of snatching a baby from Groote Schuur Hospital 18 years ago is headed to the Western Cape High Court. The 50-year-old Lavender Hill suspect appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charges of kidnapping and fraud. The matter was postponed to[…]

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Court to give reasons for Al-Bashir ruling

The High Court in Pretoria is on Wednesday expected to give its reasons for its ruling that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir be kept in South Africa and arrested. On June 15, the court ruled the failure to detain Al-Bashir was inconsistent with the Constitution, and he must be detained pending[…]

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Court to hear Numsa’s case against Cosatu

The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an application on Tuesday to declare that Numsa remains an affiliate of Cosatu. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA said on Monday that its application was supported by several Congress of SA Trade Unions affiliated unions. “Numsa… will tomorrow, Tuesday 9 June 2015,[…]

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Court to hear dual language education bid

The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an urgent application on Tuesday by the Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools’ ( Afrikaans to halt the Gauteng Education Department’s plans to have some schools teach in two languages. Fedsas is arguing that Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi’s plan to convert[…]

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Cross examination for Maqubela’s social worker

A social worker who recommended that convicted killer Thandi Maqubela be handed a periodical imprisonment will be cross-examined in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. Testifying in Maqubela’s mitigation of sentence, Arina Smit said this sentence attempted to balance the interest of society, the seriousness of the offence, and[…]

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Parly signal jamming case in High Court

Two media houses and several organisations will bring an application in the High Court in Cape Town on Tuesday to prevent Parliament from jamming cellphone signals in future. “Primedia Broadcasting, together with Media24, the South African National Editors Forum [Sanef], Right to Know and the Open Democracy Advice Centre, will[…]

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Complaint lodged against Judge Traverso

A formal complaint was lodged against Western Cape High Court deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso on Thursday, the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) said. The complaint regarded her conduct during the trial late last year of British businessman Shrien Dewani. Traverso failed to afford the State a fair hearing, according[…]

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Discharge Basson interdict: HPCSA

A court interdict that halted cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson’s sentencing proceedings at the HPCSA should be set aside, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday. “The order issued by Judge (Selby) Baqwa should be discharged and set aside,” Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) lawyer Terry Motau said. Basson,[…]

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