The Constitutional Court has struck down the Public Procurement Act (PPA), finding that Parliament did not give the public a reasonable opportunity to participate in the law-making process, reports The Citizen. The unanimous judgment was handed down by Acting Judge ... Read More
The state has seized assets linked to alleged Tembisa looter Stefan Govindraju, reports News24. During proceedings in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) on Wednesday, it emerged that a plea and sentence agreement had been concluded 'in principle' in his criminal ... Read More
The process of passing legislation has slowed to a crawl, with a number of key Bills awaiting approval by Parliament years after they were first proposed. News24 reports that 24 laws have been presented to the National Assembly since it ... Read More
National Treasury has, by notice in the Government Gazette, announced the publication of a report on local government revenue and expenditure for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, writes Wyndham Hartley. It covers the performance against the ... Read More
North West High Court (Mahikeng) Baletsema (Pty) Ltd v Phek Engineering & Supplies CC Judgment: 16 September 2026 Keywords: National Credit Act – credit agreement – acknowledgement of debt – s 4(1)(a) exclusion – s 8(4)(f ... Read More
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) Game Breeding Africa & Others v Obaro Financial Services & Another Judgment: 14 September 2026 Keywords: Application for leave to appeal – Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013, s 17(1)(a)(i) – reasonable prospects of ... Read More
Western Cape High Court J M v W M M & Others Judgment: 16 September 2026 Keywords: Rule 43 – maintenance pendente lite – pending matrimonial action – point in limine – best interests of the child – upper guardian – ... Read More
Former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was grilled by the state yesterday over her version that a ‘wig’ at the centre of WhatsApp exchanges with military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlovu was simply a gift and not part of a bribe, reports News24 ... Read More
Child murderer Amber Lee Hughes has argued against a ruling by the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) that her relationship with Elie Challita has no relevance to her sentence mitigation. This follows the court's ruling that the line of ... Read More
A 44-year-old Kenyan national has appeared in the Groblersdal Magistrate's Court in Limpopo on charges relating to the alleged rape and sexual grooming of school learners. The accused faces two counts of rape and two counts of sexual grooming ... Read More
SA has a proud tradition of protest. Demonstration, boycott, political advocacy and criticism of governments are legitimate parts of a constitutional democracy. That includes criticism of Israel and campaigns calling on consumers not to support particular businesses. ‘But there is ... Read More
Fikile Mbalula stands in line for the throne and sees ultimate power just 15 months away, when the ANC elects its next leadership, writes political journalist, Qaanitah Hunter in News24. With Paul Mashatile’s political future uncertain, given sickness has kept ... Read More
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has announced the removal of the head of the country’s electoral body only three months before the country’s first election, reports TimesLIVE. Abednego Akok Kacuol was fired on Tuesday as chairperson of the National Elections ... Read More
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for accountability for foreign nations supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring factions, warning that external interference is driving devastating assaults on civilians. According to the Sudan Tribune, Guterres described the humanitarian crisis in the country ... Read More
Police in DRC dispersed opposition protests in several cities against proposed constitutional changes that critics say could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term, with Reuters' witnesses reporting tear gas and warning shots in Kinshasa. The demonstrations were ... Read More
A UN fact-finding mission on Iran yesterday said it had reasonable grounds to believe the US was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes. It also found ... Read More
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) likely violated the Constitution when agents delivered a warning notice to a man in New York, over a caustic email he had sent the agency’s leader months earlier, a federal judge ruled last week ... Read More
Prosecutors in the UK have lodged a formal request for the extradition of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate from the US to face charges of rape and sex trafficking. A BBC News report notes that the US State Department, which ... Read More
* Parents at College Street Special School in Nahoon have threatened to approach the courts and the HRC over an ‘unacceptable’ delay in finalising disciplinary proceedings against a teacher convicted of assaulting a pupil more than two years ago. The incident ... Read More
* Pepkor has sold three distribution centres to Badger Properties, unlocking roughly R2bn in capital for the company. It will still have a stake in the properties, retaining a 35% minority interest, and has leased the properties for the next 15 ... Read More
* African Bank Group CEO Zweli Manyathi has made a bold entrance into his tenure by reshaping key leadership and accelerating retrenchment consultations for at least 1 200 workers. Manyathi was appointed in March 2026 after the abrupt resignation of former ... Read More
* Angry parents confronted staff at Herbert Hurd Primary School yesterday, demanding the immediate suspension of two pupils at the centre of alleged rapes in the school toilets – and answers as to why they only learnt about the scandal two ... Read More
