Legal Articles and Guides
Peet Viljoen deported only to be arrested
Disbarred lawyer Peet Viljoen landed at the OR Tambo International Airport last night – only to be arrested on SA soil.
TV personality sentenced for dating scam
Reality television personality Kgalalelo Abinokhauno, known as Mrs Leo from Real Housewives of Cape Town, has avoided direct imprisonment after a Bellville court sentenced her to correctional supervision for her role in an online dating scam, reports News24.
Malema’s firearm case appeal ‘lacks logic’
EFF leader Julius Malema’ arguments for leave to appeal his conviction on firearm charges are ‘absurd and lack all logic and reason’, according to the state, reports News24.
Taxi driver to face charge for cyclist's death
More than two months after Cape Town cyclist Landon la Grange was killed in Victoria Road, Camps Bay, his widow Annmarie will finally come face-to-face with the taxi driver accused of causing his death.
Macpherson says 60 ghost workers found
Public Works & Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says a ghost employee audit has uncovered about 60 individuals who were allegedly paid salaries without being legitimate employees, with most of the cases identified in KZN.
Voice note shatters mother’s defence
In a WhatsApp voice note, the Gauteng mother accused of forcing her two minor daughters into sex work described her eldest, who was 13 years old at the time, as her ‘income', reports News24.
State ties Modack fixer to Booth shooting
In the Nafiz Modack trial the state has zeroed in on a series of cellphone calls to show alleged underworld fixer Ziyaad Poole was involved in a botched hit on prominent criminal defence attorney William Booth, reports EWN.
Makate seeks to privately prosecute investor
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate seeks to privately prosecute a British investor who is claiming 40% of his multimillion-rand settlement with Vodacom, reports TimesLIVE.
Nurse and gardener guilty of insurance scam killing
A Lenasia nurse and her former gardener have been convicted in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) for the murder of her relative in a R6m life insurance scam.
Bogus attorney finally heads to prison
A bogus attorney who conned a businessman out of tens of thousands of rands is finally heading to prison after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court activated his suspended three-year sentence.
R1bn Beitbridge drug bust biggest haul in years
SA border authorities have intercepted a drug consignment worth nearly R1bn at the Beitbridge Port of Entry, in what anti-crime activists and tax justice campaigners say exposes the frightening scale of organised criminal syndicates operating across the country’s borders and flooding communities with narcotics.
Disgraced Pretoria midwife jailed for 23 years
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has sentenced disgraced former midwife Yolande Fouchee to an effective 23 years in prison.
SA reality TV star prepares to return home
When embattled reality TV personality Mel Viljoen was released from a detention centre in the US on Friday, there was one craving she simply couldn’t resist – a Starbucks coffee. And that was the very first thing she did. And after that? Her nails.
San leader guilty of assaulting cyclists
A San and Khoi traditional leader has been found guilty on charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and common assault after forcing two cyclists off the road while driving in his BMW.
Prison officials seize over 8 000 cellphones
Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald has revealed Operation Vala 2025/26 resulted in the seizure of more than 8 000 illegal cellphones and thousands of weapons across correctional facilities, exposing persistent security gaps linked to budget and staffing shortages.
