Legal Articles and Guides
Zuma takes legal fees bid to ConCourt
Former President Jacob Zuma has told the Constitutional Court that a ruling that orders him to pay back R28.9m in taxpayer funds spent on his corruption trial could result in ‘potential injustice … of the utmost severity’.
Actress’ R87 000 a month claim dismissed
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg has dismissed a renowned actress and TV presenter’s urgent application for interim maintenance from her estranged DJ and singer/songwriter husband.
Mlambo's mandatory mediation directive in dispute
A full Bench of the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has to decide whether former Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo acted beyond his powers when he issued an April 2025 directive for mandatory mediation in civil matters before trial allocation and whether his decision should be set aside.
Winemaker loses urgent interdict bid
A bitter battle over one of the Western Cape’s most famous wine estates has uncorked into courtroom chaos, complete with claims of a ‘gun’ toting showdown inside a wine cellar, 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.
WC must pay for loss of limb in pothole crash
The Western Cape Government’s failure to repair a pothole will cost it dearly after the Western Cape High Court found it responsible for a crash that left a George motorcyclist with a below-knee amputation.
Call for effective late birth registration system
The UCT Children’s Institute has added its voice to calls for a functioning late birth registration system.
Attorney and prosecutor arrests 'unlawful'
The Durban Regional Court has found that the arrest and detention of attorney Shabeer Goolabjith and prosecutor Kelvin Munsamy were unlawful, reports IoL.
School ordered to reinstate pupils
Two matric pupils who faced missing their final school examinations after being excluded from a Johannesburg private school over unpaid fees have been granted interim relief by the court, reports TimesLIVE.
Malema's R1m suit against Kunene struck off
A R1m lawsuit EFF leader Julius Malema launched against Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene was struck from the roll of the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) yesterday.
Ceppwawu administrator asks Concourt to block his removal
Chartered accountant and senior business rescue practitioner Sipho Sono has approached the Constitutional Court to prevent his removal by a lower court as administrator of the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu).
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.
RAF must pay R5m to child (3) hit by car
The mother of a three-year-old – who was left with permanent disability and disfigurement after being hit by a car – has been awarded a Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout of more than R5m.
Prominent media figure withdraws Malema insults
Controversial media figure Ngizwe Mlando Mchunu has issued a formal, unconditional public apology and retraction to EFF president Julius Malema.
Judge orders probe into ‘captured’ body corporate
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has sent an independent watchdog into one of the city’s most iconic inner-city precincts, after allegations a nightclub operator pulled strings behind the scenes of a residents’ board, leaving tenants fleeing, debts unpaid and two clubs pumping music in what may be an illegal operation.
