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Durban attorney Ahmed Amod remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong regarding a dubious property scheme

Durban lawyer facing sequestration blames estate agent for his legal woes

Court battle plays out over millions to allegedly buy property in luxury city area

Wind energy is cost effective and pollution intolerant. One Megawatt of wind energy equates to 2 600 fewer tonnes of carbon emissions, in comparison with coal-fired energy generation. (Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Court cases ‘will not stop energy plan’

An energy action plan is slowly taking shape, with significant milestones reached recently, including obtaining a licence for Eskom’s new transmission company

Duduzani Zuma.

Duduzani Zuma culpable homicide case postponed

The charges relate to a car accident in February 2014 where Zuma lost control of his car and rear-ended a taxi

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule. (Rogan Ward/Reuters)

Ace’s hand is a tight fist for litigious party members

Members of the ANC who take the party to court could find themselves having to pay hefty legal bills in future

In Mad Max: Fury Road

De Lille asks for another month as mayor to clear her name

​Patricia de Lille has asked the court to suspend the decision by the DA to terminate her membership for another month so she can clear her name

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Reuters)

Zuma to receive official summons to be in court in April

​Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to be issued with a summons this week to appear in the Durban High Court in April on corruption charges

(Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images)

Formal rules are needed for class action lawsuits

A number of cases brought before the courts have started to build a fram​ework to guide class actions. But there is still a gap

To his associates

#lionmama raises funds for woman who stabbed daughter’s rapists

She was charged with murder and attempted murder, but South Africans are pitching in to fund the ‘lionmama’s’ legal fees.

President Jacob Zuma’s backers celebrate after Tuesday’s vote (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)

Zuma’s ghosts return to haunt him

The president returns to court in three separate cases, but Parliament will also be a battleground.

He’s our man: Supporters of Jacob Zuma celebrate outside the high court in Pietermaritzburg in September 2008

President the target of two court bids

The EFF wants him grilled in public over Nkandla and the DA wants his corruption charges to stick

Shifting mental healthcare patients away from Life Esidimeni – a process that led to more than 100 deaths – ultimately helped to uncover a scheme to bypass financial controls.

Courts last refuge from Hurricane JZ

The parliamentary standing committee says his objection has no sound basis and is refusing to back down.

The Chamber of Mines says Eskom should consider cutting its operating costs to balance its books.

Former Eskom director found guilty of fraud, money laundering

Former Eskom managing director Dawid Malherbe was found guilty on Friday, with at least R10-million recouped by the asset forfeiture unit thus far.

Praise singers: Religious leaders are among those behind moves to register a pro-Zuma party to contest the polls.

Winnie loses court battle over Mandela Qunu home

Nelson Mandela’s former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has lost a legal bid for ownership of the Mandela family’s Eastern Cape home.

Former Ipid boss Robert McBride. (Photo: Gustav Butlex)

McBride questions evidence that led to Dramat’s suspension

The suspended Ipid head further claimed that there was interference in the case on the part of former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.

The gold-mining industry caved and reached a settlement in a 12-year case brought by claimants over hazardous work conditions that cause silicosis and silico-tuberculosis.

Mining companies’ black shareholder case in court

A dispute between South Africa’s Chamber of Mines and the Department of Mineral Resources started arguments in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.

Apple fights court order to hack shooter’s phone

In a letter published on its website, the company has called for public debate, adding that complying with the order would make their users less safe.

Wouter Basson  is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the apartheid system.

Judgement reserved in urgent application sought by Basson’s lawyers

Wouter Basson’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, said that his client "wouldn’t have been a doctor by now" had he not brought the application.

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius.

Forging the shape of democracy will keep the courts busy

A look ahead at the most important court cases 2015 will bring. Important political cases, but also the state’s appeal in the Oscar Pistorius case.

‘Doctor Death’ and team walk out of HPCSA hearing

Wouter Basson and his legal team walked out of his sentencing hearing to file an urgent interdict at the high court in Pretoria.

The DA sent an SMS to millions of South Africans during its 2014 election campaign

Concourt: DA’s ‘Zuma stole’ SMS is fair comment

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the DA was within its rights when it said in an SMS that President Jacob Zuma had stolen money.