Whistleblower ruling 'vindicates' SAPS – Cele, but PP's office says agreement voluntary . Police Minister Bheki Cele feels the police have been "vindicated" after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria concluded that the Public Protector's report on witness protection matters involving two KwaZ...

Here is what the High Court said about the various lockdown regulations . Although the country is still on lockdown, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has declared various regulations governing Alert Level 3 and 4 as unconstitutional and invalid.

Judge Norman Davis found ...

Govt says lost tax revenue from smoking ban 'outweighed' by harm cigarettes cause . As the date nears for the start of the first court case challenging the ban on the sale of cigarettes during lockdown, the state has argued that economic costs of lost tax are "outweighed by the harms ...

Government will study the High Court judgment and make corrections – Mkhize . Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said mistakes in lockdown regulations were bound to happen because government was dealing with a new situation "that none of us really know how to go about".

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Small crop of ANC councillors tainted the party during lockdown – Duarte . The African National Congress (ANC) acted swiftly to remove a small group of its councillors implicated in allegations of lockdown regulation contraventions, ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte ...

SAHRC satisfied for now as education dept complies with Covid-19 deadline on regulations . The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed that the Minister of Basic Education has come back to the Chapter 9 institution with revised back-to-school directions, which are expecte...

Motshekga, Schäfer face SAHRC court battle over Covid-19 back-to-school instructions . >>>>>>>> The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it will take Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer to court over the way the return to ...

ANC goes head-to-head with Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina over tweets backing Malema . >>>>>>>> The African National Congress (ANC) has called out Ekhuruleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina for saying the economy should be allowed to collapse.

>>>>>>>> The party said it does not want its leader...

Lockdown: Public still trusts Ramaphosa, but NDZ not so much, according to latest research . >>>>>>>> President Cyril Ramaphosa has the highest level of trust among South Africans, while Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the highest distrust, resear...

NPA gets two new deputy national directors . President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocates Ouma Rasethaba and Rodney de Kock as Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) with effect from June 1.

Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga has also...