Sunday World News Updates

Adv Terry Motau SC told the Pretoria High Court on Thursday that attorneys remain central to briefing decisions at the Bar and cannot avoid responsibility for patterns that continue to limit access to work for Black advocates and Black women advocates. Motau was addressing a full bench comprising Judge Nicolene… Read more »

Shock and grief have gripped both the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Kariega community after three police officers were killed in a shooting incident at a home in Rudman Street during the early hours of Thursday. The deceased officers have been identified as Constable Riaan van Heerden (48)… Read more »

Adv Muzi Sikhakhane delivered an impassioned defence of the Legal Sector Code in the Pretoria High Court, arguing that judges must place South Africa’s racial inequalities and the “black condition” above technical complaints about the code-making process. Appearing for the Black Conveyancers Association on Thursday, Sikhakhane told the full bench… Read more »

South Africa has described Ghana’s decision to escalate concerns about alleged xenophobic attacks to the African Union as “regrettable”, warning against approaches that risk deepening continental tensions while insisting the country remains committed to Pan-African solidarity and the rule of law. The strongly worded response from the Department of International… Read more »

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has hailed the Constitutional Court justices for their explosive Phala Phala ruling, saying it sent a powerful warning that even presidents are not beyond constitutional scrutiny and accountability. On Friday, the SACC welcomed the apex court judgment that revived Parliament’s impeachment process linked… Read more »

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has finally broken its silence on the ongoing Soweto Marathon saga, where athletes have still not been paid almost half a year later. ASA deputy and acting president John Mathane held a press briefing at Southern Sun Hotel in Rosebank on Friday, where, among several issues… Read more »

The MKP has formally admitted that its Mpumalanga structures are on the brink of paralysis after months of brutal infighting, factional battles and leadership wars that have threatened to tear apart one of the party’s strongest provinces ahead of the November 4 local government elections. In a sharply worded internal… Read more »

Democratic Alliance federal leader and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the party will defend constitutional accountability after the Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament acted unlawfully in blocking the impeachment process linked to the Phala Phala scandal. In a landmark judgment delivered on Friday, the Constitutional Court found that the… Read more »

President Cyril Ramaphosa has responded to the adverse ruling by the Constitutional Court on the Phala Phala case on Friday morning, indicating that he “respects’ the court’s decision. In a statement released just hours after the ruling, the presidency emphasised the importance of the rule of law and that no individual… Read more »

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has formally written to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza demanding the immediate establishment of a parliamentary impeachment committee following Friday’s Constitutional Court judgement on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala matter. In a letter written by EFF National Chairperson and Parliamentary Chief Whip Nontando Nolutshungu, the… Read more »