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Technical knock-out at Zondo v Zuma?

‘Brick by brick the empire is crumblingStone by stone it cracks and folds….’– Fallen Juluka giant Johnny Clegg It has been an extraordinary week, even by South Africa’s heady standards. Following months of will he, won’t he speculation, the man ...

Kenya to deport foreign betting company directors

The Kenyan Government plans to deport 17 directors of betting companies as part of its crackdown gambling intensifies. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, the Interior Ministry last week said it has not renewed the licences of 27 betting companies, ...

Bar council bans bankrupt Sydney barrister

Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet has been banned from practice after the New South Wales (NSW) Bar Association found an undischarged bankrupt had failed to show he was a ‘fit and proper person’ to hold a practising certificate. According to a ...

D-Day for disgraced Watson

The broken promises of former Eastern Province rugby boss Cheeky Watson (64) may have cost him R23.4m. This follows a crushing default judgment made against him by Eastern Cape High Court (Port Elizabeth) Judge Gerald Bloem. The Herald reports with ...

UK's economic crime fighting plan underfunded − lawyers

The UK Government’s overhaul of economic crime rules is too limited and requires more investment, solicitors have warned. According to a Law Gazette report, the Economic Crime Plan for 2019-2022 sets aside £48m to tackle the likes of fraud, money ...

Zim mining firms ordered to use foreign currencies

Mining companies in Zimbabwe will have to use foreign currency to pay for power but can make their own arrangements for imports from foreign suppliers, Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has noted. A Fin24 report notes that the order comes just ...

ENSafrica probe uncovers serious failings

An internal investigation by IT service management company EOH has revealed serious governance failings, tender irregularities, unsubstantiated payments, and other unethical business dealings at the company, it announced yesterday, says a Mail & Guardian report. The probe by ENSafrica – ...

Namibian institute counter-sues former CEO

The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) wants its former CEO Augustinus Katiti to pay $1m for the parastatal’s financial woes under his tenure. This is revealed in documents the institute has filed at the Windhoek High Court in defence of ...

Mining firms ordered to use foreign currencies

Mining companies in Zimbabwe will have to use foreign currency to pay for power but can make their own arrangements for imports from foreign suppliers, Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has noted. A Fin24 report notes that the order comes just ...

Kenya to deport foreign betting company directors

The Kenyan Government plans to deport 17 directors of betting companies as part of its crackdown gambling intensifies. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, the Interior Ministry last week said it has not renewed the licences of 27 betting companies, ...

Institute counter-sues former CEO

The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) wants its former CEO Augustinus Katiti to pay $1m for the parastatal’s financial woes under his tenure. This is revealed in documents the institute has filed at the Windhoek High Court in defence of ...

Trump attack on 'congresswomen of colour' slammed

US President Donald Trump has stirred international condemnation after tweeting some Democrat congresswomen from countries ‘whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe’ should ‘go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came’. According ...

Start-up whizz founds lawtech app store

An entrepreneur who left the legal profession to make a fortune in the first dotcom boom is returning to his roots by founding an ‘app store’ for lawtech. Andrew Klein is the founder of Amsterdam-based Reynen Court, which aims to ...