South Africa: Delayed Justice - Police Torture Trial Postponed for Seven Months

The hearing was originally set down for July 2024 but will now only be heard in April 2026 Read more »

South Africa: Twist in Rape Cover-Up Trial

Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial Read more »

South Africa: Apex Court to Hear Landmark Case On 'Consent' in Sexual Offences

The Embrace Project wants the Constitutional Court to confirm a high court ruling that found provisions in the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional Read more »

South Africa: Legal Aid Helps Scores of People, Mostly Pensioners, for Free in Wills Week

The Master of the High Court estimates that more than 70% of working South Africans do not have wills Read more »

South Africa: Chart of the Week - Getting Guns Off the Streets

Nearly 22,000 guns were confiscated over the past five years. Almost 7,000 confiscated guns were linked to murder cases. Read more »

South Africa: Community Takes Action to Fix Randburg

The idea is for every business to take care of its immediate surroundings. Read more »

South Africa: Police Van Crashes Into Shacks, Injures Two, and Leaves Families Homeless

The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident Read more »

South Africa: Appeal Court Blocks Eskom's Giant Richards Bay Power Plant

The SCA has set aside the 2019 environmental authorisation for the 3,000MW Richards Bay gas-to-power plant Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds Protest for Climate Solutions

Protestors complain of a lack of access to water and electricity, demanding environmentally sustainable solutions Read more »

South Africa: Commuters Scramble As 30-Day Taxi Shutdown Begins

Ten routes from Khayelitsha to Somerset West suspended amid escalating violence Read more »

South Africa: Explosive Letter From Prasa 'Board Member' Claims Tenders Are Being Rigged

Anonymous letter calls for action from Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy Read more »

South Africa: Activists March Against Shell's Oil Exploration

Shell says it has spent over R1-billion and is not responsible for failures in consultations with affected Wild Coast communities Read more »

South Africa: Mondlo Township Quiet After Minister's Visit

Last week residents burnt down their municipal offices Read more »

South Africa: Protesters Charged With Public Violence to Appear in Court

Six arrested during the protest on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town on Monday Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Protesters Throw Human Faeces, Burn Debris

Families from informal settlements near Maitland cemetery say their attempts to meet with officials from the City for months have been in vain Read more »

South Africa: Punitive Cost Order Against Dodgy Lottery Official Nompumelelo Nene

Judge says she abused court processes, and her application had no merit Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Journalist Assaulted By Police, Has Phone Confiscated - Twice

Freelance reporter Sandiso Phaliso has been repeatedly, and illegally, harassed by police while working in Nyanga Read more »

South Africa: Magistrate Postpones Durban Police Rape Cover-Up Trial

The trial of three officers was postponed due to a funeral Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Times Editor Wrongfully Arrested, Admits Anti-Corruption Agency

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences accused Mohalenyane Phakela of posing as an officer to obtain documents Read more »

South Africa: Chart of the Week - Policing the Police

Thousands of police brutality cases are reported every year but very few result in criminal convictions or disciplinary action Read more »

South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Seismic Blasting Case Goes to the Concourt

Communities and environmental groups will challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal order allowing Shell to apply to renew oil exploration Read more »

South Africa: Municipal Buildings Torched As Electricity Protest Descends Into Chaos

Residents of Mondlo township want an end to load reduction implemented by Abaqulusi Municipality Read more »

South Africa: Lesufi's Office Fails to Back Up His Claim About Immigrants

The Gauteng Premier vowed to destroy informal settlements, claiming that most of their residents are undocumented immigrants Read more »

South Africa: Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Stun Grenades and Tear Gas At Joburg Water Protest

"We are just asking for water, which is our human right" Read more »

South Africa: MPs Debate South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel

The country had a legal and moral obligation to act, says international relations director-general Read more »