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Advocate Zandile Mshololo is representing one of the five accused in the trial for the murder of football star Senzo Meyiwa.Image: Thulani Mbele
FORENSIC POLICE OFFICER

Judge allows statement by deceased cop in Senzo Meyiwa trial

Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela of the Pretoria high court has allowed a statement by deceased Brig Philani Ndlovu to be used as hearsay evidence during cross-examination of a police witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Forensic police…

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Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Lawyers GroundUp spoke to blamed the problems at the Pretoria high court on the Office of the Chief Justice.Image: GroundUp/Photo via Wikipedia
CHIEF JUSTICE MOGOENG MOGOENG

Desperate message from senior judge shows court system is cracking

The wheels of justice are grinding slowly at one of SA’s most important courts. The Pretoria high court (or Gauteng Division as it is also known), has its home in the administrative capital of the country and jurisdiction-wise hears most…

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IRRATIONALITY OF THE RULES

Lockdown judgment should have been more concise and persuasive: legal experts

The Pretoria high court judgment which has declared lockdown level 3 and 4 regulations invalid and unconstitutional, lacks specific detail on the irrationality of the rules, legal experts say. On Tuesday, judge Norman Davis declared that…

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