Year: 2025
News24 | WATCH | Zama zamas allegedly vandalise, steal expensive equipment at Gauteng school
The former state-of-the-art Wedela Technical High School, west of Johannesburg, is under siege, allegedly from zama zamas who are stripping the building.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lawyers and estate agents still threaten SA’s efforts to escape greylisting, says FIC
The Financial Intelligence Centre says only about 70% of legal practitioners and estate agents have submitted risk and compliance returns needed to determine entities at high risk of being used for illicit financial activity.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cradock 4 inquest: Court orders SAPS to reconsider refusal to fund Prime Evil’s lawyers
The South African Police Service has refused to provide legal funding to infamous apartheid killer Eugene de Kock, who is set to testify in the upcoming inquest into the 1987 murders of the Cradock Four.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Consequence of not reversing VAT hike ‘too severe for ANC to contemplate’, says ActionSA
As political parties in the National Assembly scramble to reverse the 0.5 percentage-point VAT hike, Herman Mashaba's ActionSA has requested a second meeting with the ANC to gain "clarity" on legal pathways to do so.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pieter du Toit | Mashatile’s public record lacks substance, what he stands for remains unclear
Paul Mashatile is perfectly placed to succeed Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader, and quite possibly as head of state. His record in public office, however, lacks any substance, writes Pieter du Toit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NPA says ‘sick’ widow in asbestos scam trial must answer looting claims
The National Prosecuting Authority intends to show that murdered tycoon Igo Mpambani was a key beneficiary of the R255-million "asbestos scam" - and says his widow used a sick note from an IV drip clinic to avoid answering for that alleged looting.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Gone down the drain’: State pays R31 million for six suspended magistrates
The state has paid R31 million to six suspended magistrates "who are essentially at home", as chairperson of the Magistrates Commission's ethics committee, advocate Naome Manaka, told the Select Committee on Security and Justice.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Is this the end of the road for iconic Two Oceans Marathon as City of Cape Town pulls out?
The City of Cape Town has pulled its support from the TotalSports Two Oceans Marathon, leaving the event in disarray amid fears from some athletes that it may be the end for the iconic marathon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA has no foreign economic agents to facilitate trade across the globe, Parks Tau reveals
Since December 2023, South Africa has not had a single trade counsellor to facilitate investment from across the globe.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ConCourt dismisses Hlophe’s bid to challenge interim interdict barring him from JSC
The Constitutional Court has dismissed, with costs, an application for leave to appeal an interim interdict preventing the MK Party's parliamentary leader, John Hlophe, from serving as a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
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