Legal Articles and Guides
LPC concerned about bogus lawyers
Since the inception of the Legal Practice Council (LPC) of SA in 2018, almost 200 professionals have been struck off the roll for misconduct which prohibits them from working as lawyers or solicitors.
Justice Mahube Molemela to head SCA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has nominated Justice Mahube Molemela to become the next President of the SCA, filling the vacancy created when he named Justice Mandisa Maya Deputy Chief Justice.
Fresh calls for specialised medical courts
The SA Medical Association has revived its call for specialised medical courts to deal with medico-legal cases.
Outa seeks record of Karpowership licences
Outa says it is taking the energy regulator to court over licences granted to Turkish company Karpowership. It wants to force the regulator to provide a ‘complete, unredacted record’ of its decisions to award generation licences to the company.
City Power collects R3bn revenue from defaulters
Johannesburg City Power says it managed to collect R3bn in revenue in the last three months from residents and businesses who had defaulted on their accounts, reports EWN.
Controversial 'decuplet' editor resigns
Piet Rampedi, the journalist at the helm of the infamous Tembisa 10 debacle, has officially resigned from his position as Pretoria News editor at Independent Media almost a year and a half after the story was first published.
Attorney loses appeal over email fraud liability
A Gauteng attorney has been found liable to pay clients R1.4m, the proceeds of the sale of a property they owned, which was stolen through a ‘business email compromise’.
No impeachment for Hlophe over swearing complaint
The Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) will investigate a complaint against suspended Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe for advising an advocate to tell his client to ‘fuck off’.
Treasury allows Cape Town to buy IPP power
In what a Business Day report calls a potentially game-changing move, the National Treasury has allowed the City of Cape Town to buy privately generated electricity from households and businesses.
Gupta mine rescue practitioners target NPA
The battle lines have been drawn between the business rescue practitioners of the Gupta-linked Optimum Coal Mine and its appointed curator.
Court generators work
The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure (DPWI) has denied generators installed at the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) are malfunctioning, saying the issue is rather with diesel, which is reported to have run out.
Madonsela takes aim at state capture accused
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has once again taken aim at those implicated in state capture, reports TimesLIVE.
City Power pulls the plug at Nigerian consulate
City Power has disconnected the electricity at the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg after it failed to pay a R406 000 bill, reports News24.
Treasury seeks $1bn World Bank loan
The government is in talks with the World Bank on a fresh $1bn loan, as part of a strategy to take advantage of cheaper loans from international financial institutions over the next three years rather than going back to foreign markets at a volatile time.
Gospel singer implicated in hospital graft
Gospel singer Xolani Jwaga’s events company received more than R1.4m of the R50m spent in allegedly corrupt procurement initiated by suspended Tembisa Hospital chief executive Ashley Mthunzi, reports the Mail & Guardian.
