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A former prosecutor facing charges of sexual assault and possession of child pornography, wishes to appoint a privately-funded lawyer, a court in Cape Town heard on Thursday.Formerly based at the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court, he made his second

The Democratic Alliance said on Thursday it will table a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma following confirmation by the South African Communist Party that he wants to fire Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.It will be the fifth time the

Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani slated his DA coalition partners at a full council meeting on Thursday saying that the UDM was “never consulted on a secret deal” involving a proposed private partnership between

The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) on Thursday left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at seven percent, a sixth time in a row due to positive growth outlook in advanced economies which contributed to more favourable environment for emerging

The Public Protector needs a bigger budget of at least R1 billion, MPs heard on Thursday.The new CEO of the chapter nine institution, Themba Dlamini, said it needed double its current budget of R626 million for the three-year medium term period

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) would on Thursday approach the Constitutional Court to seek a directive that would order Parliament to impeach President Jacob Zuma.“The court application to the Constitutional Court seeks to order the

A 42-year-old nurse who assaulted an elderly lady at an upmarket old age home in Berea, East London was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday.Ncediswa Mkhencele was filmed with a hidden camera which showed the brutal assault on the 84-year

The National Credit Regulator (NCR) announced on Thursday that it has referred Wesbank to the National Consumer Tribunal for alleged breaches of the National Credit Act following an investigation into the bank’s debt collection practices

South Africa is expected to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) next Friday to account for failing to arrest President Omar Al Bashir, when he attended an African Union Summit in South Africa in June 2015.The president of Sudan is