Guptagate: How Bruce Koloane name-dropped the Guptas into Waterkloof
The man who supposedly masterminded the plan to allow the Guptas to land a private plane at the Waterkloof air force base claimed he was “under pressure from number one”.
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Mogoeng and the prophet
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was able to rise above public opposition to his appointment because he believed a “prophecy of God” had determined he would be chief justice.
Law Society slams Parliament’s ‘inappropriate questioning’ of Thuli Madonsela
The Law Society of SA is worried about Parliament’s “inappropriate questioning” of public protector Thuli Madonsela.
News Analysis – Rivonia the start of school battles
Just before tea on Thursday, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke cut to the heart of the now infamous Rivonia Primary School court battle.
Charged for ‘inciting magistrates to strike’
Nazeem Joemath, president of the Judicial Officers Association of SA (Joasa), and Annalene Larsen, the organisation’s secretary, both face charges related to inciting magistrates to strike and of bringing the judiciary into disrepute.
‘Paying school fees not a free pass’
The governing bodies of wealthy former Model C schools cannot continue to enjoy the discriminatory benefits of apartheid just because they pay the school fees.
‘My child hates Afrikaans people’
When black students travel the 5km from Kokosi township to attend class at Hoërskool Fochville, they pass a signpost that reads: “Jy betree nou die wereld van Fochies.”
Black advocate cries foul
A frustrated black advocate from Cape Town is taking on South Africa’s most prestigious law firms for “deliberately excluding black African advocates” from cases.
Tweets shake up Joburg Bar members
A Johannesburg advocate has narrowly escaped landing in hot water over comments he made on Twitter.
ConCourt split on school subsidy case
The Constitutional Court has delivered judgment which saw the court deeply split over how a case against a provincial government department should have been decided.
SA at crossroads – Bizos
Struggle stalwart and human rights lawyer George Bizos has warned that South Africa is at a crossroads when it comes to the legitimacy of its constitutional order.
JSC faces ‘very difficult’ task
A retired Justice of the Constitutional Court has said some decisions of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) have caused “a great amount of dismay” in the legal profession.
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