She died in my arms
OSCAR Pistorius, speaking for the first time about the horrific Valentine’s Day shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, yesterday described his own ‘‘terror and fear” that fateful night....
View ArticlePistorius mortified by the event
OSCAR Pistorius, speaking for the first time about the hor rific Valentine’s Day shoot ing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, yesterday described his own ‘‘terror and fear” that fateful night....
View ArticleTranskei’s rape anger
POLICE in Transkei have expressed concern at the high number of rapes in the region following reports of several more incidents since the weekend. This comes on the back of an announcement by police...
View ArticleTop officer to lead Pistorius investigation
WITHIN 24 hours of the lead investigating officer into Reeva Steenkamp’s murder admitting he missed forensic evidence , police assigned the force’s top detective to oversee the high profile case....
View ArticleBail application angers protester
POLICEMAN Juan Koch picketed outside the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court yesterday with a placard saying: “Hey, Oscar. Did Reeva get bail?” Koch, a father of three daughters, said he was protesting at the...
View ArticleWSU gets court order against labour unions
NATIONAL and provincial National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) officials met were locked in a meeting yesterday to trying to and solve the on-going workers’ strike at Walter Sisulu...
View ArticleBCM takes tent church to court
BUFFALO City Metro (BCM) has gone back to court to stop an Amalinda church from conducting services from a tent. The Daily Dispatch has received several complaints since last year from residents who...
View ArticleMthatha court to rule on ANC councillors
SUSPENDED ANC councillors from Mbhashe Municipality will hear their fate on Friday when the Mthatha High Court rules on whether their expulsion from the municipality was lawful. The court has asked for...
View ArticleEducation heads face court action
BASIC Education Minister Angie Motshekga, her provincial counterpart Mandla Makupula and their directors-general have been put on notice that they will face contempt of court proceedings and possibly...
View ArticleAn advocate for change
FAR from his ambitions of being a truck driver when he grew up, advocate Mbuyiseli Madlanga has turned out to be one of the best legal minds in the country and was recently appointed to the...
View ArticleMandla Mandela loses court bid
Judge rules in favour of his estranged wife MANDLA Mandela has failed in his attempt to interdict his estranged wife for approaching the court to annul his current marriage. Mandela and Tando...
View ArticleMom in court for ditching baby
Cops look after child and arrest student mother AFOUR-DAY-OLD baby girl abandoned by her mother in Centane this week has been named “Nodegree” by police because the parents of the child are University...
View ArticleMannya: Advocate gives me a scary look
FORMER Eastern Cape education department superintendent-general Modidima Mannya yesterday accused an advocate of intimidating him. Mannya was testifying in a corruption case that saw him assist in...
View ArticleRelatives celebrate court victory over Mandla
‘Fierce arguer’ can’t sway judge on bones NOT even one of the finest legal minds in the Eastern Cape could help Mandla Mandela yesterday as judge Lusindiso Pakade upheld his initial order that the...
View ArticleMandla back into battle
ON THE day the world celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, his grandson Mandla Mandela was back in court to fight over family graves. The case was postponed in the Mthatha High Court. Last month...
View ArticleFraud accused hides from media
Fraud accused Xolisile Guquza tried to hide his face with a paper bag before his appearance in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Wednesday. Wearing a blue suit and a pink shirt, he...
View ArticleWomen appear in court for Nompumelelo pupils murder
Women appear in court for there first appearance in connection with the brutal murder of a Nompumelelo pupil who was accused of being involved in a fictitious child snatching ring.
View ArticleFamily frustration as drunk driving case gets postponed
AN EAST London man charged with drunk driving following a collision between a vehicle and a motorbike on Saturday night appeared in the East London Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The accident, which...
View ArticleMalema: I will never steal from SA citizens
JULIUS Malema has denied stealing from South Africans, saying there are no criminals in his family. Addressing his supporters after his brief appearance at the Polokwane High Court yesterday where his...
View ArticleLegal eagles at odds over appointment of trial judges
EASTERN Cape judge-president Themba Sangoni and National Prosecuting Authority managers in Grahamstown are at loggerheads over the appointment of judges to hear criminal trials in East London and...
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