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Rugby player guilty of hate speech

* Australian rugby star Israel Folau has been found guilty of a code of conduct breach for a homophobic post the fullback made on social media that said ‘hell awaits’ gays. The devout Christian, requested a hearing last month after ...

Nigeria court rules that MTN met tax deadline

MTN met a deadline to respond to a $2bn tax demand from Nigeria’s attorney-general, a Nigerian judge ruled yesterday (Tuesday), after state lawyers said the company had failed to do so. A BusinessLIVE report notes that the AG issued the ...

Docket delay in executive's 'up-skirting' trial

The status of an investigation into a former insurance executive accused of taking compromising pictures of colleagues and clients is unknown after the docket failed to arrive at court, TimesLIVE reports. Neil Ashcroft, former business development executive at Marsh Africa, ...

Forex scammer sentenced

* The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) yesterday (Tuesday) welcomed the sentencing of Durban forex scammer Jabulani Ngcobo on several counts of fraud. Ngcobo and his partner Mzabalazo Dlamini, Ngcobo who claims to be a self-made millionaire as CEO of ...

Durban man in court on child porn charges

A Verulam father has been accused of sexually grooming his minor stepdaughter by allegedly forcing her to watch explicit scenes from pornographic videos on his phone. He allegedly told the girl, who was nine-years-old at the time, that she needed ...

Concerns over election digital disinformation

The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) says it has received more than 70 complaints relating to digital disinformation, a month after launching a pilot project aimed at combating digital disinformation via their online reporting platform. Earlier this month, the IEC ...

EFF was responding to journalist's attacks – lawyer

The lawyer representing the EFF argued in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) yesterday that journalist Karima Brown did not conduct herself in a fair, objective or professional manner in her criticism of the EFF, notes a News24 report. ‘The journalist ...