Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane failed to show up at the Western Cape High court on Wednesday for a court application lodged by the District Six Working Committee (D6WC). She is being taken to court in her personal capacity by the D6WC for her alleged failure[…]
Businessman Jason Rohde is expected to learn his fate on Wednesday when Western Cape High Court Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe sentences him for the murder of his wife Susan. During closing arguments last week, the State said asked the court to impose more than the prescribed minimum of 15 years in[…]
Thirteen judgments in the Western Cape High Court are more than six months overdue, four of which are more than a year late. According to the judicial norms and standards, judges are expected to deliver judgments within three months of the last hearing, according to a GroundUp report. The latest[…]
Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana cited the need to protect classified documents when he tried to get the Western Cape High Court to order the department’s director general to stop the disciplinary proceedings of three officials. “We are in essence here to protect those documents,” advocate Porchia Long submitted on Zokwana’s[…]
Murder-accused Rob Packham will have to wait until Thursday to hear whether he can still attend his daughter’s wedding, as he fights a second accusation of violating the conditions of being on bail while awaiting trial for the murder of his wife Gill. This was after prosecutor Susan Galloway and[…]
Property developers Blok has no choice but to put their Bo-Kaap development plans on halt following an announcement made in the Western Cape High Court today. The Western Cape High Court ordered that the development company’s cranes are not allowed to enter the area until the next court date is[…]
On Tuesday, both Houses of Parliament are expected to consider the Joint Constitutional Review Committee’s (CRC) report which recommends that Section 25 of the Constitution be amended to allow land expropriation without compensation. This, after the Western Cape High Court dismissed AfriForum’s urgent interdict application on Friday, which was aimed[…]
A man accused of dismembering his wife and dumping her body parts across Khayelitsha, is fit to stand trial, a Valkenberg panel of experts, comprising two psychiatrists and a psychologist, has found. “The accused has been found fit to stand trial and does appreciate the wrongfulness of the offence,” prosecutor[…]
A man found guilty of raping his girlfriend at a New Year’s Eve rave five years ago is expected back in the Western Cape High Court on Monday for the start of sentencing proceedings. Sharisha Chauhan died on New Year’s Day in 2013 after being admitted to Paarl Mediclinic for[…]
The four men involved in the kidnap and murder of Hannah Cornelius and the brutal attack on her friend Cheslin Marsh will be sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Proceedings to seal their fate are expected to begin at 14:00. During pre-sentencing proceedings last week Prosecutor Lenro[…]
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