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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
Matinyarare stopped!
A South African High Court has ruled that no amount of monetary compensation can remedy the long-term reputational damage inflicted by social media activist Rutendo Matinyarare on Innscor Africa and i...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 06:32hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Former UJ lecturer Lyness Matizirofa faces off against top attorneys at LPC
FORMER University of Johannesburg lecturer Lyness Matizirofa has launched a complaint against global law firm Eversheds Sutherland and two members of Group One Advocates for unfair treatment and acts ...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' engages SA police over xenophobia
Ndebele king Bulelani Collins Khumalo has engaged South African police over sporadic xenophobic attacks against Zimbabwean immigrants in that country.Three Zimbabweans were killed recently in ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga falls sick under South Africa prison detention
Zimbabwe millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has reportedly fallen sick in a South African prison where he has been detained since November last year with claims he was being denied access to privat...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 20:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'liable' in Marikana mine massacre debacle, says judge
President Cyril Ramaphosa might be liable in the 2012 Lonmin mine disastrous strike, the South Gauteng High Court ruled in an application by workers seeking compensation against the president and mine...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 16:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
State Capture Report hand over to Ramaphosa hits a snag
The intention by the State Capture Commission to hand over the first draft of its report to President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit a snag.This comes as the South Gauteng High Court on Monday postpo...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Wenela registration begins
The GOVERNMENT will tomorrow begin a mobile testing and registration exercise for thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wen...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa captured court denies Magashule's leave to appeal his ANC suspension
Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule has been denied leave to appeal his suspension from the ruling party.Magashule had lodged the leave to appeal applicat...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo tightens screws on Trevor Manuel
Axed Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo has launched a fresh legal battle to get his job back.Moyo, 56, on Monday approached the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to have the country...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by iol
Judge orders Moyo to be reinstated as CEO of Old Mutual
The South Gauteng High Court has ordered Old Mutual and respondents to temporarily reinstate Peter Moyo as CEO, who was fired in June and to put a halt on any decision to replace him. It also ordered ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 14:39hrs | 15 | by CNBC Africa
Peter Moyo ouster was 'artificially manufactured'
Former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo on Thursday sought to demonstrate that the breakdown in trust cited by his former employer as a reason for his axing was "artificially manufactured".Moyo is in...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo has 'inflated sense of self-importance' says Old Mutual
Old Mutual lambasted what it called former CEO Peter Moyo's "inflated sense of self-importance" as the company opposed a legal bid he launched against his dismissal.In an answering affidavit f...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Manuel's Old Mutual to oppose Peter Moyo reinstatement application
Old Mutual confirmed on Monday afternoon that it would oppose its former CEO Peter Moyo's urgent application in the South Gauteng High Court seeking, among other things, to be reinstated to his positi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo vs Trevor Manuel: Explosive court papers reveal how 'all hell broke loose'
Former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo has detailed the breakdown of his relationship with Old Mutual chairperson Trevor Manuel in court papers before the South Gauteng High Court, where he alleges that Man...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo exposes Trevor Manuel
Former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo has filed an urgent application in the South Gauteng High Court seeking among other things to be reinstated to his position and an interdict stopping the firm from fil...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo reveals Trevor Manuel 'triple conflict'
Former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo has filed an urgent application in the South Gauteng High Court seeking among other things to be reinstated to his position and an interdict stopping the firm from fil...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA govt throws Grace Mugabe under the bus
The South African government will not appeal a South Gauteng High Court judgment that ruled the decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity was "an error of law". ...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
It would be 'unwise' for Grace Mugabe to visit SA again
It would be "unwise" for former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe to enter South Africa again.This is the view of Nicole Fritz, executive director of Freedom Under Law.Fritz told News...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to be issued with SA warrant of arrest?
The South Gauteng High Court has set aside the decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity.Judge Bashier Vally handed down the judgment on Monday and said t...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 3 | by City Press
Afriforum calling NPA to prosecute Grace Mugabe
The decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is "inconsistent with the constitution", the South Gauteng High Court found on Monday. Judge Bashier Vally s...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Grace Mugabe's diplomatic immunity 'unconstitutional'
The decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is "inconsistent with the constitution", the South Gauteng High Court found on Monday. Judge Bashier Vally s...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by TimesLive
Ndoro had to go for peace's sake: Ertugral
Ajax Cape Town coach Muhsin Ertugral feels it was in the best interest of the club to part ways with striker Tendai Ndoro.The Zimbabwean marksman was released by the Mother City club after tum...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Sowetan
Mugabe will not request asylum in South Africa
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has not received a formal request for asylum from ousted Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Parliament has heard.Deputy Minis...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa has extra marital relationships with 8 women
Following a failed last-minute court bid to gag it, the Sunday Independent has published a front page article alleging Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s involvement in a number of extramarital affa...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 11:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa loses court bid on extra marital affair storm
An urgent interdict stopping Sunday Independent newspaper from publishing claims about Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's personal life has been struck from the roll in the South Gauteng High Court on...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 21:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa in extra marital affairs storm
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has approached the South Gauteng High Court on Saturday evening in a bid to stop the Sunday Independent newspaper from publishing a story which makes claims about his ...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
In South Africa, immigration feeds corrupt officials and race hate
JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (Reuters) - In 2010 police in Johannesburg shot Justin Ejimkonye, a Nigerian migrant, in the leg. The reason why is unclear: It took the police 18 months to charge Ejimkonye wit...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 13:29hrs | 3 | by Joe Brock
SA man accused of trafficking 4 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants
The case in which a 25-year-old South African man is accused of trafficking four Zimbabwean illegal immigrants to the neighbouring country whom he later held hostage at his house in Polokwane city...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
600 years jail for Zimbabwean terror gang
Three Zimbabwean cross-border transporters were on Monday jailed for 632 years by a South African High Court after they were convicted of 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion and rap...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pair faces SA jail
Two Zimbabwean cross-border transporters and a South African woman were last Thursday convicted on 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion, rape among other violent crimes perpetrated i...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man to be extradited to SA for murder
A MAN from Bulawayo who was part of a 12-men armed gang which allegedly raped two women and drowned their husbands in a South African dam has been arrested.Nkululeko Ronald Dube (27) of Em...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean murderers await judgement in SA
JUDGMENT in the case of two Zimbabwean cross-border transporters and South African woman who are believed to be part of a syndicate terrorizing fellow countrymen in South Africa has been set for N...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 20:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa jails Zimbabwean killer for 350 years
A ZIMBABWEAN who with his wife masterminded the murder, kidnapping, rape, assault and extortion of his fellow countrymen in South Africa, has been sentenced to 350 years imprisonment in the neighb...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha denied bail for 'murder'
THE trial of three Zimbabwean men commonly known as Omalayitsha and a South African woman facing 62 counts of murder, rape, robbery, extortion and assault among other violent crimes committed agai...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gay inmate gets special cell
THE South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move a gay prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orient...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Plagiarism claims extravagant,' rules judge
Online business publication Moneyweb's claim that Fin24 committed "systematic plagiarism on an industrial scale" is extravagant, the South Gauteng High Court has ruled.According to Fin24, Judg...Published: 05 May 2016 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deborah Fraser embroiled in messy court drama
Award-winning South Africa gospel star Deborah Fraser is embroiled in a messy court drama after she demanded a goat from the family of a dead woman who used to be her tenant.Fraser (50) was al...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Adulterous woman refuses to be sued by lover's ex-wife
Suing a third party for adultery is unconstitutional and should be struck off the statutes since the two people who enter into a marriage agreement are solely responsible for honouring it, a Harare wo...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Buyanga scrambles to block auctioning his $320,000 Rolls-Royce in SA
ZIMBABWEAN property tycoon Frank Buyanga rushed to the courts last week to stop the South African Revenue Service (SARS) auctioning his US$320,000 Rolls-Royce.The Rolls-Royce Ghost was pa...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 09:12hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Rape is enjoyable'
Johannesburg - Former tennis doubles star Bob Hewitt told one of his alleged victims that rape was enjoyable, the South Gauteng High Court, sitting in Palm Ridge, heard on Wednesday.The third...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 15:28hrs | | by Sapa
Generations could be leaving our screens
Just when viewers were starting to get used to Generations: The Legacy, it could be leaving our screens.That's if the 16 actors sacked from Generations last August are successful on Tuesday in...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 16:14hrs | | by City Press
Nightmare for Zimbabweans at SA's Lindela Centre
On June 1 Michael Mdladla was arrested by police in Benoni, east of Johannesburg. The 19-year-old undocumented Zimbabwean, who worked as a gardener, was sent to Lindela Repatriation Centre in the ...Published: 03 Dec 2014 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Adultery is not a crime in South Africa'
Bloemfontein - Adultery is no longer a legal basis for claiming compensation for harm, according to a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling this week."In the light of the changing mores of our...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 13:34hrs | | by Sapa
'Lindela detentions unlawful and unconstitutional,' says SA High Court
Johannesburg - The South African High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that the detention of migrants at the Lindela Repatriation Centre is unlawful and unconstitutional, the SA Human Rights Commi...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 20:52hrs | 4 | by Sapa
Jub Jub's application for bail denied
Johannesburg - Convicted murderer Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye's application for bail was denied by the Protea Magistrate's Court on Friday.Maarohanye was asking the court to grant him bail, pe...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mr Malaba's Joshua Nkomo lecture
A very good afternoon to you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Mr MC for accusing me of being 'handsome'. An accusation I would like to deny. Could I begin by saying what a great ho...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 17:49hrs | 9 | by Titshabona Ncube
SA soccer star granted leave to appeal conviction for killing a Zim woman
Johannesburg - The Randburg Magistrate's Court has granted soccer player Bryce Moon leave to appeal his culpable homicide conviction, it was reported on Friday.The appeal would be heard by the...Published: 03 May 2013 at 10:47hrs | | by Sapa
Henry Okah gets 24 years behind bars
Johannesburg - Nigerian Henry Okah was jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday."Effectively, the accused [Okah] is therefore sentenced to 24 years impris...Published: 26 Mar 2013 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Malema to oppose bankruptcy application
Johannesburg - Expelled ANC Youth League president leader Julius Malema will oppose an SA Revenue Services (Sars) application for his sequestration, his lawyer said on Friday."I can confirm t...Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by Sapa
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