Legal Articles and Guides
Class action tackles sale prices of repossessed homes
An affidavit filed in support of the R60bn class action suit brought by Lungelo Ditokelo Human Rights Foundation against the major banks, based on a sample of about 12 000 repossessed properties, found that these properties were sold for 50-60% of their proper value, mainly through sheriff’s auctions.
Zuma claims discrimination in state funding appeal
Former President Jacob Zuma has appealed to the SCA to reinstate the taxpayer funding of his corruption trial defence costs – even if government's decision to pay his legal bills for the last 16 years was unlawful, reports legal writer Karen Maughan for News24.
Bobroffs says state can't touch their millions
The state cannot claim the millions in the Israeli bank accounts of fraud-accused attorneys Ronald and Darren Bobroff because it was the same money for which it granted them amnesty three years ago for sending out of the country unlawfully during apartheid.
Zuma takes fight against costs order to top court
Former President Jacob Zuma, pursuing what he says is his long-held desire to ensure the State Capture Inquiry was constitutionally established, has turned to the Constitutional Court to question a ruling that he should pay the legal fees of a challenge against the inquiry.
Guardian blamed for boy's struggle to access estate
Nearly a year after he wrote an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa that his access to his late father’s estate had been blocked by officials at the Guardian’s Fund, Cape Town schoolboy Tiago Mendonca says he is still waiting for full access to the funds.
SCA confirms marriage not legal
You can have a wedding ceremony in a church with a minister’s blessing … but that does not necessarily mean you are legally married.
Plan to record all babies' biometrics raises privacy fears
Experts believe plans to photograph and fingerprint every baby born for a digital register could lead to data leaks and identity theft without robust safeguards, says a News24 report.
New hearing for illegal land occupation case
The Western Cape Government said this week that it was disappointed that the Western Cape High Court had decided to appoint three new judges for a new hearing to commence from the beginning in respect of part B in an illegal land occupation court case.
Zuma corruption case postponed to February
As expected, the corruption prosecution of former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales has been postponed again, this time to 23 February 2021, but Zuma is unhappy.
Woodstock exchange housing matter still undecided
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato has yet to make a decision regarding the Woodstock Exchange development, which housing activists are eyeing affordable housing.
Mother ordered to support son
Heiress of the Yazbek millions and family matriarch Juliana Yazbek has been ordered to support her son Luke (45) – whom she fired as manager of the family farms – to the tune of R11 080 a month.
Fishing firm claims no intention to defraud
A Cape Town company that has been found guilty by the B-BBEE Commission of violating the B-BBEE Act by fronting black employees as shareholders to obtain fishing rights, claims it had no intention to defraud anyone.
Magistrate gets dressing down for locking up lawyer
A magistrate has taken a tongue-lashing from a judge after she ordered a lawyer to be locked up when the lawyer, who had been in court to defend her client, refused the magistrate's instructions to represent another man being sentenced for assault.
Door opened for Malema to escape incitement charges
The Constitutional Court has declared the Riotous Assemblies Act, a hangover from the apartheid era, unconstitutional and invalid insofar as it makes incitement to commit even ‘minor’ crimes an offence, potentially opening the door for EFF leader Julius Malema to get off the hook for inciting land invasions.
Residents still awaiting court-ordered homes replacement
Residents of Airport Park next to the East London Airport who lost their homes and possessions during government demolitions are waiting to hear when a court-ordered rebuild will take place, says a TimesLIVE report.
