Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is entitled to state funding for his corruption trial defence because he is accused of using his public office to commit that corruption. Attorney Daniel Mantsha says a Democratic Alliance court bid to stop this state funding is “misconceived” and “has no merit” – and further accuses the..
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Zuma’s lawyer argues that state must continue funding corruption trial defence – What he is actually meant is that taxpayers must fund it!
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‘The truth will set us free’:- Bird Island child abuse
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The past is a foreign country. Until it shakes us out of our collective slumber on a cold Sunday morning. It confronts us from the front page of a Sunday paper. Secrets long hidden burst to the fore like a ripe abscess. The recent revelations of the sexual abuse of boys by National Party ministers in PW Botha’s Cabinet can be described as the last taboo.
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DA – Mmusi Maimane – officially confirms Patricia De Lille resignation
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Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has announced the resignation of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille effective October 31 after an agreement was reached.
“Mayor Patricia de Lille has agreed to resign as mayor of Cape Town effective October 31,” Maimane said on Sunday.
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Well this is not new:- ANC KZN defends Zuma for BLF comments
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The leadership of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal believes the party should not act against former president Jacob Zuma over his endorsement of Black First Land First (BLF) outside court last weekend.
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Three of the VBS execs provisionally sequestrated, Vele liquidated
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Provisional sequestration orders have been granted against three businessmen in the VBS Mutual Bank fraud saga.
Vele Investments, VBS’s main shareholder, has also been liquidated.
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Jacob Zuma’s legal options unpacked
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Judging by former president Jacob Zuma’s new defence team’s choices, his constitutional right to a fair trial may feature prominently in his defence strategy.
Zuma is set to appear in the high court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday (July 27) on 16 charges of fraud and corruption.
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Hoërskool Overvaal wins court case against Phanyaza Lesufi
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Gauteng education MEC, Phanyaza Lesufi’s court battle against Hoërskool Overvaal has not gone according to plan, SowetanLive reports. The Afrikaans medium high school made headlines earlier in the year after 55 English pupils were denied enrolment, stating that it had reached full capacity and could not afford to employ a handful of English teachers who..
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New motion of no confidence scheduled against Patricia de Lille
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A new motion of no confidence in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille will be heard at the first council sitting of the third term.
Cape Town city council Speaker Dirk Smit told News24 on Monday that the new motion had been submitted to his office, and would be heard at the next sitting following the recess on July 26.
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ANC bash caught up in VBS Mutual Bank’s web
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The ANC may be entangled in alleged fraudulent transactions involving embattled VBS Mutual Bank. These details have emerged from the ongoing investigation into the bank’s collapse, contained in civil claims launched by VBS curator Anoosh Rooplal against VBS shareholder Vele Investments and former bank officials.
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NPA:- Nomgcobo Jiba still on holiday until Shaun Abrahams gives the go ahead for her return
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Deputy national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba will remain on special leave until the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) gives her the green light to return to work.
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Helen Zille launches court battle against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
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Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has launched her court bid to take public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on judicial review and, in doing so, the controversial leader has once again defended her infamous tweets on colonialism.
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Wonder why Jacob Zuma dumped his longtime attorney Michael Hulley?
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Former president Jacob Zuma has fired his longtime attorney Michael Hulley‚ weeks before he is due back in court to face corruption and racketeering charges. “I can confirm that former president Zuma terminated my mandate two weeks ago‚” said Hulley. “I am no longer acting for him in any of his current matters.” He declined..
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DA:- another motion of no confidence for De Lille after court loss
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) will seek to move for another motion of no confidence in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, after the Western Cape High Court ruled in her favour in her case against the party.
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HOT NEWS:- De Lille triumphs over DA
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The Western Cape High Court has declared that the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) decision to terminate Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille’s membership is “unlawful and invalid”.
The court reinstated De Lille as a member of the party and as mayor following a scathing judgement on Wednesday morning. Judge Andre Le Grange read the summary judgement and court order which was agreed upon unanimously by a full bench of judges.
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DA vs De Lille:- High Court to deliver judgement on Wednesday
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The Western Cape High Court will deliver judgment on Wednesday in Patricia de Lille’s application to have the Democratic Alliance’s decision to strip her of her membership reviewed and set aside.
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