Court

Thabo Bester escape: state expects to call about 18 witnesses

Another accused is granted bail of R10,000

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News | 11 July 2023

Thabo Bester saga: Bail granted to three more accused

Judge rules they are not a flight risk and unlikely to interfere with witnesses

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News | 6 July 2023

Thabo Bester escape: Court grants R10,000 bail to one of three suspended prison officers

Two other accused will return to court on 11 July for formal bail applications

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News | 3 July 2023

Three more G4S prison officials in court for aiding Thabo Bester’s escape

All 12 suspects are expected back in court in August for start of the main criminal trial

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Brief | 28 June 2023

“Drunk” Judge Nkola Motata to be impeached

Supreme Court of Appeal rules that Judicial Services Commission was wrong

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Law | 22 June 2023

No legal duty to disclose an extra-marital affair, says judge

Man loses bid to get back money he paid for a child who is not his

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Law | 20 June 2023

Row over human settlement minister’s “lift” dismissal

Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s efforts to “clarify” what she called “misleading media reports”, sees her accused of “deliberately lying”

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News | 12 June 2023

Lawyers reprimanded for bringing “hopeless cases” to court

Labour Court orders them not to collect fees

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News | 8 June 2023

An advocate charged the state R67k a day for 511 days. He’s been disbarred

“There is no indication that his dishonesty will not reoccur” judges write about Hassan Ebrahim Kajee

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Law | 7 June 2023

Over 180 judgments outstanding for longer than six months

Reserved judgment list is almost six months old and records the highest number of late judgments since we’ve begun reporting the situation

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Law | 7 June 2023

Labour Court slams Human Settlements Minister for “unlawfully” firing staffer after being stuck in a lift for an hour

The court ordered that the deputy director of corporate services immediately be reinstated

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Law | 5 June 2023

“Biased” magistrate should have recused herself, judge finds in Communicare case

Court sets aside decision by acting magistrate Venice Burgins

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Law | 24 May 2023

Drakenstein municipality heads to Supreme Court of Appeal over emergency housing

The municipality says its housing policy for poor rural and farm dwellers “is more generous than other municipalities in the Western Cape”

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News | 25 April 2023

Zimbabwean Exemption Permit: Minister acted outside his powers, court told

“We are sleepwalking into a catastrophe”, says lawyer for Zimbabwe Immigrants Forum

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Law | 13 April 2023

Witness in case of officer accused of murder of homeless man fails to come to court

Dumisani Joxo died in January 2022 after he was shot during an altercation in Rondebosch

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Brief | 13 April 2023