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ANC Eastern Cape conference indefinitely postponed amid court disputes and internal divisions

The ANC has postponed its Eastern Cape provincial conference indefinitely, leaving leadership battles and court disputes unresolved

Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota, who died at the age of 77. Photo: David Harrison

Lekota’s estranged wife fights partner for estate after more than R2 million withdrawn

Mosiuoa Lekota’s partner, Luzelle Adams, sent herself R150 000 and her lawyers R250 000 after son was court-appointed estate curator

The proposed 4 000MW project would be built at Duynefontein next to the existing Koeberg  nuclear power station near Cape Town.
Photo: David Harrison

‘Zombie’ nuclear project: Nuclear-1  environmental authorisation faces legal battle

Environmental justice organisations have launched a high court challenge against Eskom’s proposed Nuclear-1 power station, arguing that the 2017 environmental authorisation, upheld by Dion George in 2025, breached South Africa’s environmental laws

Nabbed: A Zimbabwean national caught with goods at an informal
crossing point along the South Africa–Zimbabwe border.

Smuggled birth control pills in demand

Female migrants cite barriers to accessing local healthcare facilities

Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge. (Office of the Chief Justice/ S Lioners)

Will judiciary sexual harassment policy change court culture?

While regarded as a bold step, questions remained about whether judges and magistrates will embrace its implementation

Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. (@Senzo_Mchunu/X)

Concourt reserves judgment on MK party’s challenge to Ramaphosa suspending police minister

The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. (Nelius Rademan/ Foto24/Gallo Images)

Judge president’s emoji expert disputes accuser’s claims

The defence focused on challenging the sexual harassment allegations, arguing Selby Mbenenge’s interactions with former court secretary Andiswa Mengo were consensual

French arms company Thales has lodged an application in the Pietermaritzburg high court for full acquittal in the arms deal case in which it faces corruption and racketeering charges

Arms deal case: Thales files application to have charges dropped

The French arms company says the death of two key defence witnesses has hurt its case

In KwaZulu-Natal, the votes of next week’s by-election will be a test of whether the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is able to consolidate — at local government level — the electoral gains made on 29 May, when it took 45% of the vote in the province. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Zuma candidacy case hints at electoral court weaknesses

The treasury has not allocated additional resources to the court to deal with the likely increase in workload relating to the 2024 election

City Power has been reconfiguring its network to separate residents connected to essential service networks and move them to a different one.

City Power goes ahead with plan to separate Joburg residents from hospital electricity networks

Some residents in Soweto and Brixton have asked the City of Johannesburg to leave their areas on the network for health reasons

The persistence of corporal punishment has often been attributed to a lack of support for the ban among teachers. (Delwyn Verasamy, MG)

Harsher sanctions sought against teachers who use corporal punishment 

Section27 has asked the South African Council of Educators to amend its mandatory sanctions policy to include rehabilitative and corrective measures for teachers who assault children

None of the four candidates for a vacancy at the apex court were in favour of merging it with the supreme court of appeal

Biowatch betrayal denies justice

The unsettling reality of Biowatch principle neglect in lower courts imperils the constitutional integrity of South Africa

A photograph shows collected cough syrups in Banjul on October 06, 2022. – Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organisation said they could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. (Photo by MILAN BERCKMANS / AFP) (Photo by MILAN BERCKMANS/AFP via Getty Images)

Gambia trial opens over children’s cough syrup deaths

The death of about 70 children in 2022 led to a national outcry