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SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
John Hlophe quits captured JSC
UMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member of Parliament John Hlophe has resigned from the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).Hlophe's decision comes as the Western Cape High Court barred him from part...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Captured white judge rules against Dr John Hlophe
The South Gauteng High Court has dismissed the MK Party's bid to halt Judicial Services Commission (JSC) interviews, ruling the interviews would go on without Dr John Hlophe.The uMkhonto Wesiz...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 13:39hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
MK Party refuses to be cowed by captured Cape Town High Court
Next week's Judicial Service Commission (JSC) sitting set for October 7 hangs in the balance after the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) revealed that it intends to appeal against last Friday's Western Cap...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
South Africa judicial system is captured by white interests
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has expressed its disdain after a judgment was handed down on Friday by the Western Cape High Court against its deputy president, Dr John Hlophe who was interdicted fr...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 16:20hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
MK Party criticizes Western Cape High Court's judicial overreach
The MK Party has expressed strong disapproval of a recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court, which it describes as an "incompetent, irrational, and blatantly political judgment." The judgm...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:52hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Captured judiciary delivers for DA
MK Party (MKP) deputy president John Hlophe has been interdicted from taking part in any Judicial Service Commission (JSC) activities, pending a review of the National Assembly's decision to designate...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:59hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Fired MK Party MPs kiss goodbye to jobs
The Western Cape High Court has ruled against 10 former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members of Parliament who were challenging their dismissal.The members were fired to make way for the seven ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Malema calls McKenzie a 'bandit', McKenzie hits back with 'cockroach' slur
Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie has retaliated against EFF leader Julius Malema for referring to him as a "lepantiti" (jailbird). McKenzie described Malema as a "cockroach"....Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 11:54hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
SA's Home Affairs may have to pay Zimbabwean R1 million
The Department of Home Affairs will likely have to pay damages to the tune of R1 million to an illegal immigrant after the Eastern Cape High Court ruled that she was unlawfully detained for a month....Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 8842 | by Staff reporter
Judge John Hlophe appointed leader of MK Party in Parliament
Former Western Cape Judge President Mandlakayise John Hlophe has been appointed as the leader of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party in Parliament. Hlophe is known for his pro black native utterances especially on...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 21:28hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Khumalo dealt another court blow
Fired MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has suffered another legal defeat as his second attempt to be included in the party's parliamentary list has been dismissed.This comes after the Western...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 17:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why close Sekunjalo Bank account when Steinhoff is still having one?
The decision to shut down the Sekunjalo Group's bank accounts and associated companies is a clear case of discrimination masquerading as concern over "reputational risk."Ongoing legal battles ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Edmond Phiri
Malema compares SA's judicary to the 'capture' Zimbabwe one
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it's going to challenge the Western Cape High Court's decision to suspend six members from participating in this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA)....Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa to challenge section 89 report in his ally Zondo's court'
President Cyril Ramaphosa's lawyer has confirmed that he will seek to challenge, in the Constitutional Court, the section 89 panel report which disbelieved his account of the Phala Phala break-in....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Judges question Ramaphosa's timing in suspending Public Protector
Judges in the Western Cape High Court have questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa's timing in suspending Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.Mkhwebane has accused the president of suspending her...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Captured' SA's Acting Public Protector to withdraw Mkhwebane's court applications
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka who some sections of the SA society allege is captured by President Cyril Ramaphosa, indicated that the Office of the Public Protector will withdraw the suspend...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Captured judiciary: No evidence that ConCourt judges, staff leaked info about Mkhwebane's case
There is no evidence that somebody within the Constitutional Court gave confidential information to Ismail Abramjee concerning public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application before that court....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru blasted for employing 225 Shona and Chichewa speakers in SA
Financial services company Mukuru will have to revisit its employment policy after the Western Cape High Court lambasted it for ignoring South Africa's employment laws in favour of hiring foreigners i...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa causes R2.5 billion investment cancellation
South African Breweries (SAB) has cancelled a further R2.5 billion of capital investment following the third blanket ban on alcohol sales, it announced on Friday.In announcing the ban, Preside...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ex-domestic worker set to inherit mansion in Capetown SA
CAPE TOWN Jane Bwanya, a former domestic worker who was "swept off her feet" six years ago by a relatively wealthy businessman, has succeeded in changing the provisions of South Africa's Intestate Suc...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean charged with killing SA girlfriend says mentally ill
The State this week cross-examined the Zimbabwean accused of murdering his South African girlfriend.Lloyd Simbarashe stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Nikita Lewis, by stabbing he...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
DAFF ignores science, wastes public funds in appealing High Court Rock Lobster ruling
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) plans to appeal the recent Western Cape High Court ruling against fishing quotas for West Coast Rock Lobster thereby incurring further le...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Louzel Lombard Steyn, Environmental journalist
SA court legalises private cannabis use
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence.Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the law banning marijuana use by adults was un...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA based Zimbabwean stabs lover 18 times after acid attack
The 77-year-old grandmother of Nikita Lewis, Hilda Rhoda Isaacs, says she has forgiven the man accused of murdering her granddaughter.An emotional Isaacs testified in the Cape High Court this ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionality of SA affirmative action, BEE to be challenged in ConCourt
The Constitutional Court is on Thursday expected to hear a case brought by trade union Solidarity and the South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners' Association (Saripa) challenging the...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Children born in SA to foreign parents entitled to apply for citizenship, Court rules
Johannesburg - Children born in SA to foreign parents are entitled to apply for citizenship, the Western Cape High Court ruled on Thursday, the Legal Resources Centre said."The LRC are p...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Angolan cessation permit and Zimbabwe dispensation permit, a possible blueprint?
On the 8th of July of 2017 the Minister of Home Affairs announced that the almost 1800 former Angolan Refugees who had been on the Angolan Cessation Permit (ACP) had been granted their permanent resid...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Nkomo
African Presidents and overseas medical treatments: Medical tourism perspective
The appetite of African Presidents to consume overseas medical treatments remains robust. The latest news is that Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has returned back to Luanda after spending ...Published: 31 May 2017 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Unathi Sonwabile Henama
Citizenship for children born to foreign parents in SA under investigation
Cape Town - A child born in South Africa does not automatically qualify for South African citizenship if their parents are foreign, ...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses white party's bid to halt Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle
Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the Democratic Alliance's bid to have the swearing in of President Jacob Zuma's new Cabinet ministers interdicted.According to ...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean in SA court over male sex product dispute
Cape Town - Assisted male sexual performance will be in the spotlight in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday when two importers of products manufactured in Malaysia tackle each other, ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 20:19hrs | 6 | by fin24
Thuli Madonsela can join the EFF
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela can join the EFF's Constitutional Court bid to have President Jacob Zuma repay some of the money spent on his Nkandla residenc...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabwean illegals in SA turns to the court
A Western Cape Cape High Court judge is facing a legal challenge after three illegal immigrants arrested during a national clampdown - Operation Fiela - turned to the courts to test the lawfulness of ...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean convicted killer and alleged heart eater gets 18 years in SA
Convicted killer and alleged "heart-eater" Andrew Chimboza was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday, ...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'human heart-eater' pleads guilty to murder
Cape Town - A Zimbabwean man pleaded guilty in the Western Cape High Court on Monday morning to stabbing Mbuyiselo Manona to death last year and removing his heart.On the first day of the tria...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 11:48hrs | | by Sapa
Shrien Dewani acquitted of Anni's murder
Shrien Dewani has been acquitted of Anni Hindocha's murder.News24 reported that Shrien Dewani is a f...Published: 08 Dec 2014 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Mandela accused of land fraud
ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela claims her former husband Nelson Mandela may have committed land fraud when he registered a plot of land in Qunu, Eastern Cape, in his own name, the City Press r...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Sapa
Zim man accused of eating a man's heart denied bail
Cape Town - A Zimbabwean man accused of cutting out and eating a man's heart was denied bail by the Athlone Magistrate's Court in Cape Town on Monday."There are few things these days that rea...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 12:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zuma in court for being a 'corrupt crook'
South African President, Jacob Zuma, has reportedly gone to court over accusations that he is a "corrupt crook" and that his government is "extremely corrupt."According to the Sunday Independe...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA bans Zimbabwean woman for 'overstaying'
A GWANDA woman has been banned from entering South Africa for one year following a mistake by the neighbouring country's immigration officials who erroneously concluded that she had overstayed by fou...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 08:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Murder accused Dewani set to land in SA airport
Cape Town - Media camera crews were setting up their equipment in the arrivals hall at Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday morning, ahead of the anticipated arrival of honeymoon murder accused ...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Facebook Rapist' - jail term cut to 30yrs
The 50-year jail term imposed on the so-called "Facebook Rapist" Thabo Bester was cut to 30 years on appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa on Friday.Bester (25) pleaded gui...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Swedish honeymooner hitman gets 25 years behind bars
South Africa - Mziwamadoda Qwabe was jailed for 25 years on Wednesday for kidnapping and murdering Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani.The Western Cape High Court handed down 15 years for robbery ...Published: 08 Aug 2012 at 10:05hrs | | by Sapa
'Facebook Rapist' back in SA court
South Africa - The trial of "Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester is expected to commence in the Western Cape High Court today (Monday), Sapa reported.In May, the State and Be...Published: 30 Jul 2012 at 04:21hrs | | by Staf reporter | Sapa
Robbery gang leader apologises for raping tourist
Cape Town - The leader of a robbery gang who raped a Camps Bay resident’s friend during a two-year crime spree has apologised, saying he was drunk at the time.The Cape Times ...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Sapa
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