Legal Articles and Guides
NPA under fire over ‘left field’ Jooste raids
The SA Reserve Bank’s seizure of all assets linked to former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste including the Lanzerac wine farm in Stellenbosch has come from ‘left field’ while the NPA was ‘asleep on the job’ over the past five years.
Leaked audit reports show extent of alleged lottery graft
Former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba recommended that a R4.8m grant for a rural soccer tournament be given to a company in which both his wife and his business partner were directors, reports GroundUp.
Mkhwebane's numerous legal obstacles flagged
Political pundits may well speculate as to why suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is so determined to return to work, right now, before the Constitutional Court has had its say.
Regulator sanctions influencers over Lotto adverts
Paid social media videos promoting SA’s national lottery and flighted on comedians Skhumba Hlophe and Celetse Ntuli’s Twitter accounts breached the code on South African advertising, a regulator has ruled.
Not possible in law to freeze embryos
Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Elmarie van der Schyff has confirmed that in law, it is impossible for a couple to proceed with artificial fertilisation and then cryopreserve the embryos until they have identified a suitable surrogate mother.
Watchdog finds MTN in breach of advertising code
MTN has been found guilty of ‘ambiguous and therefore misleading’ advertising and has been ordered to withdraw or amend the claims it makes in its one-day and seven-day data bundle deals.
Baby powder recall to cost up to R25m
Tiger Brands expects that the one-off costs of the recall of its baby powder will be R20m-R25m, it said in a trading statement yesterday for its year to end-September 2022.
Medical xenophobia not compatible with NHI
‘I am extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba,’ says multi-award-winning public health practitioner Dr Shakira Choonara, adding: ‘Having watched her arrogantly berating a patient, I cannot even bear to call her by her title.’
Disgraced Teffo sidelined
Advocate Malesela Teffo has been struck off the roll of legal practitioners and ordered to return his certificate of enrolment as legal practitioner to the Registrar of the Court.
Judge rejects pair's bid to strike off lawyer
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland has ruled it inappropriate for any lay person or entity to simply approach a court to have the name of a legal practitioner removed from the roll.
Deokaran flagged hospital's R500 000 splurge on jeans
Tembisa Hospital bosses splurged R500 000 on a shipment of skinny jeans – purchased while SA was in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic and just weeks before a third wave strained medical facilities to breaking point, claims a News24 report.
Mkhwebane’s former COO to testify today
Parliament’s inquiry into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office resumes today with the testimony of her office’s former chief operating officer Basani Baloyi who fought her dismissal by Mkhwebane in the courts.
Employers challenge workplace vaccine mandate
The National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) has launched another attack on the government over its support for mandatory workplace Covid-19 vaccination policies, asking the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) to scrap the Department of Labour’s code of practice for managing exposure.
Office of Public Protector will not oppose court challenges
The Office of the Public Protector says it will not oppose any of the court challenges launched against Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's latest report on SARS, including those launched by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and the tax service.
Judge lashes Standard Bank and its lawyers
A couple who fell into arrears on their home loan and were about to lose everything are breathing easier after KZN High Court judge ruled against Standard Bank, which was found to have made false allegations in its attempt to repossess the house.
