Author: Kennedy Mudzuli

A Centurion couple must remove a fence enclosing shared property after the High Court found they had no authorisation to claim the area for exclusive use.

The Full Court overturned a ruling against the Western Cape health department, finding that the mother had failed to prove negligent care during childbirth.

The Labour Court has set aside an arbitration award ordering the reinstatement of Ernest Sibaya, a bulk truck operator dismissed by Engen Petroleum for misconduct relating to his timekeeping. It found that the arbitrator rejected an email relied on by Engen as hearsay only in his final ruling and wrongly found Sibaya not guilty of repeated lateness because a colleague had not been disciplined for similar conduct. Email evidence rejected too late Sibaya worked at Engen’s Alrode depot and was a shop steward for the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union. Engen dismissed him on 25 April…

The Road Accident Fund is asking the Constitutional Court to overturn a ruling that allows interim medical payments for indigent accident victims unable to afford necessary treatment upfront.

Midcity Motors must refund R323,950 to a customer after the High Court in Pretoria dismissed its challenge to a tribunal order arising from misleading advertising and undisclosed vehicle defects.

A residential lease in Pretoria is now at the centre of the latest criminal proceedings against Vusumuzi “Cat” Matlala, who has been named in several high-profile investigations involving alleged corruption, police connections and violent crime. Matlala abandoned his bail application in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, where he faces charges related to the alleged use of falsified documents to secure a property in Waterkloof Heights. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the matter has been postponed to 29 October for further investigation. The allegations involve a lease agreement allegedly secured through a real estate agent in…

Michael Atkins says the ANC raised a reasonable legal argument about candidate nominations, while Terry Tselane defends the IEC’s procedures following the order to include 181 ANC candidates.

A Durban fraud conviction was set aside after a review found that an unregistered candidate attorney had represented the accused, compromising the fairness of the trial.

The Constitutional Court has upheld the ANC’s appeal and ordered the IEC to include its affected party lists and ward candidates in the 4 November elections. Mosotho Moepya says the commission will comply and review its nomination procedures.

The High Court in Johannesburg set aside a default judgment and an execution order against a Sandhurst Towers flat after finding that the summons may have gone missing within the body corporate’s own building management system.