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A South African court found a mother and two accomplices guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking her 6-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention since the child went missing last year.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes, taking a step that survivors and families of those who were killed had demanded for decades.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes

The U.N.'s top court is hearing arguments about whether Israel has violated international law by blocking starving Palestinians from receiving aid.

If charges laid against a perpetrator are not sufficiently investigated,  evidence is tampered with, delayed or disappears, or the prosecutors are unable to prove the case, then the person reporting the crime remains vulnerable,

The Supreme Court of Appeal rules the long-running bribery dispute between MTN and Istanbul-based Turkcell can be heard in South African courts.

Discover how South Africa is addressing its critical shortage of court interpreters and the strategic initiatives being implemented to enhance judicial efficiency.

In a major escalation of its legal campaign against Israel, South Africa has accused it of atrocities, apartheid and genocide, urging the ICJ to act.

In a landmark ruling just days before a scheduled tax hike, the Western Cape High Court has officially suspended SA’s planned VAT increase.

The Western Cape High Court officially suspended the VAT increase in South Africa, with only a few days to spare. The Court announced that the VAT increase of half a percentage point on 1 May 2025 and the second half-a-percentage-point increase in April 2026 are suspended.

As of January 2025, coal remained one of South Africa’s top exports to Israel. South Africa’s coal shipments to Israel grew 17 percent, compared with January 2024. The total export value of coal and other products also grew 22.9 percent, compared with the previous year, representing about $28 million.

SAPS and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomed the verdict in the Joslin Smith trial, but citizens still want to know where the little girl is.

The move is the outcome of settlement discussions in a court case brought by families of the victims of political killings that happened decades ago, who say post-apartheid governments never properly investigated those crimes.

The 11 accused in the R260 million South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) fraud case will remain behind bars after their court appearance on Wednesday. The accused fraudsters were back in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court, south of Johannesburg, to continue their bail application.