A 37-year-old man from Taung in North West who murdered his 55-year-old mother in March has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Asset Forfeiture Unit in the North West has obtained a preservation of property order for seven trucks that were found to be "instrumental in the offence of illegal chrome mining".

Judge Sibanda and Zuko Madikane, two bogus lawyers who defrauded businessman Kagiso Galesitoe of R88,000 in 2019, have failed in their appeal in the Johannesburg high court against their 2023 fraud convictions.

Former chief justice Raymond Zondo says the level of judicial representation in the Judicial Service Commission is woefully low and if the country is to safeguard the independence and credibility of its judiciary, this imbalance must be corrected.

The Pretoria magistrate’s court on Thursday granted bail of R10,000 each to a Zimbabwean politician Job Sikhala and his uncle Alexander Ferrowst Thema.

The current sitting was scheduled for November 10 to 28, meaning only two days will remain after the recusal arguments on November 26

The Winburg regional court in the Free State has sentenced two brothers to 30 years’ imprisonment each for the premeditated murder of their uncle, Pule Isaac Maobisa, in a calculated scheme to fraudulently claim a funeral insurance payout.

The Molopo specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday sentenced the former CFO of the North West Development Corporation Kudakwashe Mpofu to three years’ imprisonment for fraud.

The inquest into the death of Stephen Bantu Biko has been adjourned to January 30 for further case management and finalisation of legal funding for two apartheid-era policemen.

Arbitrator criticises lengthy suspension as ‘unreasonable’