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My Vote Counts challenges Political Party Funding Act

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen My Vote Counts has vowed to challenge the Political Party Funding Act in the Western Cape High Court as they are demanding for some of the sections within the Act to be amended. My Vote Counts is dissatisfied with the rule that political parties only identify funders if they donate R100,000 or more and they also want the maximum amount that can be donated, to be reduced. […]

today18 May 2023

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Alleged Parliament arsonist expected back in court

Alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe, is expected to appear in the High Court in Cape Town this morning for pre-trial proceedings. At his last appearance, Mafe’s defense team was given time to determine where he will be sent for mental observation to determine if he will be fit to stand trial. Mafe missed three previous court appearances after he refused to leave his prison cell. He was arrested after a fire broke […]

today24 February 2023

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COCT concerned over a lack of prosecutions

LOCAL The City of Cape Town's Safety and Security Directorate's JP Smith has called for an enquiry into the status of hundreds of drug arrest cases made by officials over the past few months. It comes after the Public Prosecutor reportedly released a suspect arrested for possession of mandrax and tik, because the case was "trivial and stood no reasonable chance of prosecution".   A parolee busted with drugs in […]

today16 November 2022

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Eleven suspected illegal miners to appear in court on Monday

LOCAL The Hawks in Limpopo say 11 suspected illegal chrome miners who were arrested at Ga-Manyaka village outside Burgersfort are expected to appear at the Mecklenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Hawks spokesperson Matimba Maluleke says they confiscated eleven generators, seven jackhammers, and wheelbarrows, among other things. Maluleke says the arrested illegal miners, or so-called zama-zamas, aged between 19 and 37, are suspected to be foreign nationals. Meanwhile, the Hawks have […]

today15 August 2022

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Seven more suspects in Krugersdorp gang-rape expected in court

LOCAL Seven more suspects accused of the gang-rape of eight women in West Village, west of Johannesburg, are expected in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. On Wednesday, seven other accused appeared in court in relation to the same incident. They are facing multiple counts of rape, aggravated robbery and contravening the Immigration Act. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) believes it has a prima facie case against the suspects. NPA spokesperson Phindi […]

today11 August 2022

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MEC laments nearly 200 cases being withdrawn out of Western Cape courts

LOCAL The Western Cape has reported a high number of gender-based violence cases that are being thrown out of court as a result of dockets going missing. Statistics from the quarterly report of the Department of Community Safety’s Court Watching Brief team shows that just short of 200 criminal cases were withdrawn in court, between 1 April and 30 June, as a result of police inefficiencies. Western Cape MEC of […]

today3 August 2022

Local

Numsa selects leadership despite court interdict

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) elected new leaders on Wednesday despite a court interdict granted on Saturday to suspend the 11th national congress. The congress was meant to start on Monday but Judge Graham Moshoana found the union had not complied with its own constitution when suspending 31 Numsa officials, including second deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse, and the five-day congress could therefore not continue until it did so. Moshoana […]

today28 July 2022

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Court throws out case against air force cadets with traces of cannabis in their bodies

LOCAL The high court in Pretoria has struck off the roll an application by four people who were removed from the 2022 intake in the army’s military skill development system (MSDS) programme. The four sought an order declaring the department of defence’s decision to terminate their service with the SA Air Force unlawful. The four, who were asked to report to the Swartkop Air Force base for duty in March, […]

today11 May 2022

Local

CPT officer to appear in court on suspicion of info proliferation

A 39-year old member attached to the Tactical Response Team is expected to appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on the Cape Flats on Tuesday along with alleged underworld boss, Nafiz Modack. He was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of the proliferation of information to what police describe as “unsavory characters” operating in the Western Cape underworld. Modack and two other co-accused, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan appeared […]

today4 May 2021

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