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A lottery-funded old age home in the Free State is yet to open its doors, despite receiving over R27.5m in grants over the past five years, reports GroundUp.

The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from an Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (the PIE Act) protects the rights of people who have no legal right to the land on which they reside.

The mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse, has been accused of concealing the arrest of acting city manager Bryne Maduka after a dispute with a ratepayer.

By what standard should SA judges be evaluated? It is a question raised by the anonymous Professor Balthazar, touted by the Daily Maverick as one of the country’s foremost legal minds, in an article discussing the tortoise-like process that has led to the suspension of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

More than 4 000 people have already signed a petition opposing a recommendation that the Eastern Cape High Court seat be moved from Makhanda to Bhisho.

Malesela Teffo has opened a case of fraud against the two judges who disbarred him. In September 2022, Teffo, perhaps best known for representing four of the men accused of murdering former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, was struck from the roll of advocates.

‘Any abuse of power, either for oneself or to favour one group over others, is an attack on the collective good. For a President, it is the ultimate betrayal of his or her duties both as the embodiment of the public good and its supreme guarantor. An impeachment, therefore, is the strongest form of punishment that democracies could devise to register their unequivocal disapproval.’

The JSC has accepted Judge Bashier Vally’s version that he committed an honest mistake by including non-existing evidence when ruling on a high-profile case between Econ Oil and Eskom.

Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath has obtained permission from the SCA to sue Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe for defamation.

Makhanda’s legal, religious, education and business communities, together with civil society organisations, have once again united to oppose a proposal to move the seat of the High Court from the city to the provincial capital, Bhisho.

The closure of deceased East London attorney Graeme Bell’s law practice has raised a question over whether another law firm that was interested in a commercial stake in the practice was conflicted when it accepted the mandate from the Legal Practice Council (LPC) to take legal custody of Bell’s client files.

The Legal Practice Council (LPC) has claimed suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fugitive ‘legal consultant’ Paul Ngobeni is ‘not a fit and proper person’ to practise as an advocate – and is fighting his court bid to be admitted as a lawyer.

The interim report of government’s committee to rationalise the areas served by SA’s High Courts has recommended that the seat of the Eastern Cape division of the court be moved from Makhanda to the provincial capital, Bhisho.

Deputy President David Mabuza yesterday said he is committed to co-operating with Parliament to deal with the fallout from the Zondo Inquiry on state capture.

Ten years after Judge Anton Van Zyl reserved judgment in a matter at the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg), it has still not been delivered.