Few South African lawyers know where the 2015 SALGA games were held or which municipality took the 2016 Arbour City (rural category) title, or where the infamous battlefields of Ncome or Talana are situated. But all know about Endumeni…
Read MoreThe case concerns the decision to extradite Mr Manuel Chang, the former Mozambican Minister of Finance, to Mozambique. Mr Chang was apprehended in South Africa following an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement, during his tenure as Mozambique’s Minister of Finance, in fraudulent activity relating to loans of USD 2 billion promised to Mozambique. South Africa received separate requests for the extradition and surrender of Mr Chang to the United States of America and Mozambique. On 21 May 2019, the former Minister of Justice took the decision to extradite Mr Chang to Mozambique. The current Minister of Justice, Mr Ronald Lamola, and the Forum de Monitoria do Orcamento, a non-governmental organisation based in Mozambique, took the former Minister’s decision on review.
Read MoreOn 28 January 2021 the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down an unprecedented judgment compelling the Former President, Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma to obey all summonses and directives lawfully issued by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (Commission). This included that Mr Zuma appear and give evidence before the Commission on dates determined by it; that he does not have a right to remain silent in proceedings before the Commission; and that he is entitled to all privileges under section 3(4) of the Commissions Act, including the privilege against self-incrimination…
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