Legal Articles and Guides
Non-trial redress measures can recover loot
South Africans are plunged into darkness daily by rolling power cuts – a stark reminder of the destruction that years of state capture wreaked on Eskom. Its inability to meet the energy needs of citizens and the economy is now the undeniable example of how state capture made parastatals and other state institutions ineffective.
Agency defends R200 000 bill for R2 000 payment dispute
The Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) has defended spending R222 447 in legal fees in a fight not to have to pay R2 083 to an employee who qualified for a bonus in the 2019/20 financial year.
Committee shreds SAT’s Tottenham deal
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism yesterday resolved that SA Tourism's (SAT’s) proposed deal with English football club Tottenham Hotspur is dead in the water.
DA probes ‘irregular’ Tottenham deal
The DA has said it plans to submit a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application for all documentation pertaining to the South African Tourism (SAT) multimillion-pound sponsorship proposal with Tottenham Hotspur.
End of the road for Spurs deal?
Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is set to pull the plug on the R900m SA Tourism (SAT) deal to sponsor English football side Tottenham Hotspur. This follows crisis talks with weekend meetings with the board of SAT.
ConCourt to consider Zuma’s parting appointments
In the dying days of his presidency, Jacob Zuma signed off on a multitude of appointments at the NPA, which were all swiftly undone by Cyril Ramaphosa.
Court orders ANC to provide deployment records
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) yesterday ordered the ANC to hand over its cadre deployment records since 2013 to the DA within five court days.
AfriForum seeks to block R1bn Tottenham deal
South African Tourism (SAT) says there has been a malicious leak of internal documents regarding the Tottenham Hotspur deal while AfriForum says it plans to block the deal.
TV licence definition upsets consumers
A seemingly minor change in the wording of the SABC’s TV licence reminder e-mails has consumers up in arms.
Parliament won't oppose Phala Phala review bid
Parliament will not oppose President Cyril Ramaphosa’s challenge to the Section 89 panel report that found he may have an impeachment case to answer, reports TimesLIVE.
Zuma considers SCA, ConCourt options
Former President Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution case against President Cyril Ramaphosa has been postponed to May. Zuma and his legal team briefly appeared in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) yesterday despite Ramaphosa being granted an urgent interdict this week.
High Court to hear ATM’s Phala Phala arguments
The Western Cape High Court will in February hear arguments from the ATM challenging the National Assembly’s handling of the Section 89 panel report that considered impeachment allegations against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Why interdict reflects Zuma’s personal agenda
All eyes are on the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) which will today deliver judgment in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to interdict his predecessor, Jacob Zuma.
SCA upholds DA’s ‘toilet interview’ appeal
EX-DA member Ntombenhle Rulumeni has lost out on her R10m damages claim against her former party, which she sued for injuring her dignity when it interviewed her in the waiting room of the women’s bathroom at an East London golf club.
Deputy Speaker fined for refusing to return state car
The Western Cape legislature’s Conduct Committee has found Deputy Speaker Beverley Schäfer guilty of refusing to return a state car she previously used as the MEC of Economic Opportunities.
