The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), together with Transform RSA, have obtained an urgent court interdict at the North Gauteng High Court to prevent Eskom from concluding the outstanding renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP) products, including the power purchase agreements.
Numsa and Transform RSA launched a late night high court bid yesterday to urgently interdict Eskom from signing the 27 (IPP) contracts on Tuesday.
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Pretoria – The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday dismissed the application of Gupta-linked companies against Bank of Baroda with costs.
Judge Ntendeya Mavundla ruled on an urgent application by 19 Gupta-linked companies to prevent the Bank of Baroda from closing its South African operations
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Farm employees Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen‚ who were found guilty of assaulting Victor Mlotshwa and forcing him into a coffin‚ are yet to set foot in a prison cell. The pair have been kept in the sick bay of the Witbank Correctional Services facility since their sentencing two weeks ago‚ Oosthuizen’s attorney‚ Marius Coertze‚..
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The Western Cape High Court ruled on Wednesday that the South African government’s nuclear agreements with Russia, Korea and the US were unlawful and unconstitutional. In a landmark ruling, the Court also scrapped the South African government’s decision to buy about eight nuclear power stations — 9600MW of nuclear power. This decision was first gazetted..
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PRETORIA – The High Court in Pretoria has reinstated the Prasa board headed by chairperson Popo Molefe. Molefe and the other ousted members had asked the court to set aside then Transport Minister Dipuo Peters’ decision to dissolve the board, saying it was irrational and unlawful. Peters, who has now been removed as minister, took..
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Is Zuma correct that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a sham to selectively victimise certain “non aligned” countries? Maybe if Zuma, the ANC and obedient mass media took some time to investigate and explain the real situation, people would understand why the ICC looks set to crumble. No one is saying that countries..
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JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – From the moment Omar al-Bashir touched down in South Africa, Pretoria was going to be tested with a choice: arrest the Sudanese president for alleged war crimes and face fury from the rest of the continent, or grant him safe passage home and take flak from the West. South Africa’s..
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