Bizos invokes spectre of Sharpeville at Marikana hearing
Advocate George Bizos draws parallels with Sharpeville massacre and Verwoerd’s praise of police in cross-examination of commissioner Riah PhiyegaOpinion
EDITORIAL: When citizens fear their own police
Statistics on police brutality paint a shocking picture of a branch of state that has turned on its citizens and is rapidly getting out of hand
Legislature sends safety bill to premier
Western Cape provincial legislature approves the controversial Community Safety Bill
Police operation at Marikana ‘chaotic’
Adv Mbuyiseli Madlanga cross-examines commissioner Riah Phiyega at inquiry on what she meant by ‘best of responsible policing’ in statement shortly after tragedy
MP decries high cost of legal representation in SA
IFP’s Mario Oriani-Ambrosini argues new bill should ‘unify’ attorneys and advocates, writes Wyndham Hartley
Magistrates’ go-slow in courts not causing major disruptions, says chief justice
Few ‘isolated incidents’ reported as magistrates protest over 5.5% wage increase
Department offers concession to legal council
Justice minister will still be allowed to nominate three people but active politicians or members of political parties will be disqualified
Most courts operating normally despite call for go-slow, says ministry
Most lower courts function normally despite call for magistrates to embark on go-slow
Opinion
Hunt continues for SA’s key points
David Gleason
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will go to great lengths to keep the secrets hidden in the National Key Points Act
Justice officials concede bill may need restraints
Department of Justice acknowledges to MPs that Legal Practice Bill could require further checks and balances
Chief justice says magistrates’ go-slow would be ‘regrettable’
Strike action over recommendation for 5.5% pay increase appears to have little support from legal organisations
Dispute over ‘silk status’ heads to Constitutional Court
Court battle over whether the president has power to confer senior counsel status on advocates heads for top court
- Magistrates ready to embark on go-slow
- JSC may silence critics
- Gun Free SA seeks ban on imitation firearms
- NPA to probe claims of rape in Zimbabwe
- Judge hails progress in racial transformation, gender ‘a source of shame’
- Absence of women on Constitutional Court short list a concern, says Baqwa
- Gauntlett once again passed over for judicial appointment
- Legal profession told to ‘settle differences’
- Marikana strikers ‘had declared war on police’
- Judges ranked as underdogs in contest for seats on highest court
- Cwele drops power clauses in spy bill
- Last-minute move could put women on JSC short list
- E-toll, a test of South Africa’s attitude towards the rule of law
- Advocates’ group divided over mooted legal council structure
- Justice committee stays out of court salary row
- Magistrates’ strike threat troubles committee
- Department hopes ‘victim-offender dialogues’ will reduce repeat offences
- Gauntlett regrets ‘populist’ tag assigned to backers
- Gauntlett and Madlanga seen as Constitutional Court frontrunners
- Two court judgments limit lawyers’ contingency fees
- Graft-fighting unit bleeding staff ‘since Hofmeyr left’
- Mrwebi denies proposal to suspend Breytenbach based on ICT claims
- Advocate quits Bar council over practice bill
- Brigadier to be quizzed on police’s options at Marikana
- Chaskalson’s peers defend his reputation
- SARS mulls tax ruling on staff shares
- Courts bill ‘a shield from political influence’
- Cwele ‘welcomes’ constitutional challenge to secrecy bill
- SA drops further on Transparency International corruption index
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