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Minister of Police Bheki Cele said they have paid out hundreds of millions of rands in claims against members of the SAPS.
Standard Bank’s leave to appeal the September 2023 ruling to keep Sekunjalo’s accounts open has been denied and dismissed with costs.
Gina Carano was fired by Disney for what the company at the time dubbed ‘abhorrent and unacceptable’ social media posts ‘denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities’.
Nine men, between 19 and 22 years old, were arrested by New York Police this week after they allegedly dug underneath several buildings in Brooklyn to create a tunnel leading to an historic Orthodox Jewish synagogue.
Minister of Transport Sindi Chikunga said the law does not favour the victims of road accidents at the moment.
The Auditor-General said the government has not met its target of reducing medical from R70 billion to R18bn by next year.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has also asked Mthunzi Mdwaba to stop making allegations against him and to apologise within seven days, failing which, he will take legal action against him.
Former University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng has described the report by a panel as inaccurate.
In one case, after about 33 fraudulent birth injury claims, the Western Cape High Court granted the Legal Practice Council an order to interdict an attorney from continuing to practice law.
The Auditor-General said the claims against the police are still before court and they are for various cases, including wrongful arrest and detention, assaults and other offences.
Senior officials in the Office of the Auditor-General said there was a summit a few years ago to reduce medical claims, but this has not happened and the claims have instead gone up.
The Auditor-General said the claims were impacting on service delivery, with funds diverted from provincial health departments to pay for medical claims.
Husband vs Mother-in-law! The Gauteng South High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application to be appointed executor by a husband who stole R40,000 from his late wife’s bank account, finding he was not a fit and proper person, and also dismissed an application to have the mother-in-law removed as executor.
Afgani women will no longer be allowed in public parks and fun fairs, a spokesperson for the Taliban's morality ministry has said.
The WOZA Africa Awards is the first and only stand-alone platform in Africa to recognise and celebrate the dedication, achievements and contributions made by women in the legal profession.
STADIO School of Law is delighted to welcome Johan Drotschie, an 80-year-old pensioner who has recently enrolled as a student for their Bachelor of Laws degree.