No-one could believe Monday’s news: police had found Ounooi Badenhorst, 77, murdered in her home in Smithfield. She had been a strong community leader who had headed the local residents’ association and she was much respected in the whole community.…Share...
THE name of the case whetted my appetite: ‘Tasty Treats’. And judgment in this matter had been given by a relatively new judge of the Swaziland Supreme Court, Esther Ota. A good chance of finding some delicious morsel of jurisprudence …Share this:Click to share...
WE had no warning when the locusts came: just a dark dust cloud that turned out not to be dust, and a rustling noise that grew louder and louder. They covered everything, the street and my garden, within seconds. The …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
The executive chairman of Independent Media South Africa, Dr Iqbal Surve, has issued a year-end letter to staff. In it he explains why he has acted against the editor of the Cape Times, Alide Dasnois. She was removed from her …Share this:Click to share on...
Senior advocates may rest easy: the Constitutional Court has ruled that they wear their Silk status quite legitimately. Or at least, for the moment they may rest easy. For Justice Bess Nkabinde, writing on behalf of a unanimous court, made …Share this:Click to...
