AT last, eight years later, the courts are finally done with the three cops who shot and killed a farmer in the Eastern Cape. Their appeal against conviction and sentence was rejected last week, and two of them – the …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
SO bad were services in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district municipality that the provincial authorities used their extraordinary powers under the Constitution to dissolve the municipality in September this year and appoint an administrator to sort things out. Since...
HOW does a trivial dispute between neighbours over hooting at the gate become a matter for police arrest, overnight detention in cells, a trial and conviction? – A high court judge who had to hear the matter on appeal has …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
NOT easy keeping poachers at bay, even the small-scale ones. Every day in our area of the south east Free State we see people, on horse-back or on foot, armed with sticks and with parties of dogs, setting off into …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...
AN ATTORNEY who stepped into a multi-million rand road accident injury case at the last minute and claimed a quarter of his client’s entire award has been reported to the law society by a high court judge who slammed the …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
SUING the lover of your spouse or ex-spouse for damages can be dangerous. It’s very, very expensive if you lose; it can be equally costly even if you win. And that’s just the money. The personal and social costs in …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens...