The Free State High Court is expected to hand down judgment on the application to postpone the trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal corruption case for three months. The court wanted to hear why Legal Aid South Africa declined to represent accused number one in the matter. The former head of the Department of Human Settlements in the …
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have welcomed a ruling by the Western Cape High Court, which found that only Parliament can change South Africa’s VAT rate. The court has given Parliament 24 months to amend the law. The decison overturns Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s attempt to raise VAT, delcaring the relevant section of the VAT Act invalid. The party …
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Section 7 of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Act, which allows the Minister of Finance to change the VAT rate, has been ruled unconstitutional and invalid in the Western Cape High Court.The court found that it takes 12 months before parliament can either confirm or reject new VAT rate adjustments proposed by the minister.The court was particularly concerned that if Parliament …
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The High Court in Cape town has postponed to Monday next week the case of alleged underworld crime boss, Jerome Booysen and 11 co-accused. This after his defence attorney, Advocate Amanda Nel took ill. This is the fifth week of cross-examination of the state witness, known as Mr X. The defence counsel has been dealing with the statements of Mr …
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The two Ndimande brothers, allegedly linked to the murders of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and chef Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane in 2023, are due back in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. During the last proceedings Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande appeared via a video link. The state also announced their transfer to the high-security eBongweni Super Max Correctional Facility in Kokstad. …
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The Southern African Agri Initiative, SAAI, and the Free State Agriculture and Independent Business Organisation, Sakeliga, will approach the High Court in Pretoria for an urgent interdict against the Agriculture Department, Minister John Steenhuisen and the Animal Health Director Dr. Mpho Maja. The organisations want Steenhuisen’s decisions relating to the foot-and-mouth disease vaccines formally reviewed and set aside on the …
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Zimbabwean nationals, Bellarmine Mugabe and Tobias Matonhodze, are expected to apply for bail in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The pair briefly appeared in the same court last week, but the case was postponed for further investigation. The case relates to a shooting incident at former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s son’s house in Hyde Park last month, where …
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The 18 accused in the R255-million asbestos roof removal scandal are expected to return to the Free State High Court for another pre-trial hearing on Monday. The accused have been in and out of the High Court following a series of postponements, which, among others, included waiting for the finalisation of a trial-within-trial where former Free State Premier Ace Magashule’s …
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The bail application of Katlego Mokoena, accused of the murder of 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela, is expected to continue at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Monday morning. Mokoena and his co-accused, Lungelo Sithole, were arrested after they allegedly stabbed Mathabela to death at her home in Mataffin last year (2025). Mokoena is believed to have been Mathabela’s ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, …
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The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West intends to approach courts in a bid to recoup money from suspended municipal manager, Allan Losaba. This, after the Auditor-General issued a R4,6 million certificate of debt to Losaba in November last year. The move came after Losaba failed to recover funds overpaid to a water tanker service provider. In …
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