For years, buildings collapse, leading to hundreds of deaths has become a recurring and worrisome nightmare to citizens of Lagos State. In the first part of this undercover investigation, discovers that in spite of this havoc, infractions persist on construction sites, with regulatory officials aiding and abetting violation of building codes On May 1, 2022 […]
Tag: Legal and Judicial Affairs
Janusz Walus, who was imprisoned for the murder of anti-apartheid activist and SACP leader Chris Hani in 1993, is set to walk free after a Constitutional Court ruling on Monday. Walus, a Polish immigrant, is serving a life sentence at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria but will now be released “within 10 […]
Cape Town — Constitutional Court Orders Release of Hani Killer, Janusz Waluś In a judgment handed down yesterday afternoon, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo ordered the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to release Janusz Waluś, the man who assassinated South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani, within 10 days. Hani’s family have expressed their disappointment with […]
Tororo, Uganda — Using the modern Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS), the Uganda Revenue Authority’s security team on Friday rescued a fuel truck that had been hijacked by robbers. According to a statement from URA, their Mbale enforcement team foiled the robbery of the fuel truck that was in transit to the Democratic Republic […]
Govan Mbeki Village residents say the municipality has not paid the cleaning company About 100 residents from Govan Mbeki Village informal settlement blocked the R75 Uitenhage Road in Gqeberha with burning tyres and rocks on Monday morning. They were demanding the municipality give them more standpipes and an electricity transformer, and that it clean the […]
There was no evidence to justify Judge Cassim Sardiwalla’s order, says court The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside an order by the Pretoria High Court on the use of ivermectin for Covid patients. The High Court had made an order compelling the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to report back to […]
Johannesburg — South Africa’s highest appeals court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma must return to prison, saying his release from a contempt of court sentence last year on medical parole was unlawful. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma lost his appeal Monday to remain on medical parole. The 80-year-old has been serving a […]
Land Claims Court says the Constitution requires that ESTA be given a “generous interpretation” The Land Claims Court has ruled that removing grazing rights can amount to an eviction. Courts have previously ruled that grazing is only permitted by consent of the landowner. The Constitutional Court has said that a “blinkered” approach must be avoided […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has stated that it will no longer provide foreign exchange support to im-porters for the importation of some products into the country. It said the items include rice, poultry, vegetable oil, toothpicks, pasta, fruit juice, bottled water, ceramic tiles and other non-critical goods – items which can be locally produced […]
A Nigerian prostitute has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly forcing an 18-year-old virgin into prostitution. Miriam Braim was said to have forced compatriot, Mutia Osman, whom she recruited from Nigeria with the help of one Mary, now at large, into the act against her will. She is facing the charge of […]
Cape Town — Zuma Must Return to Prison, Supreme Court of Appeal Rules The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has said former president Jacob Zuma must return to prison in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal following the dismissal of his appeal about his medical parole, TimesLive reports. Zuma may pursue the option of appealing to the Constitutiobnal Court, […]
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of 52 years in prison for rhino poaching and related offences. Sipho Titus Khoza was sentenced on Friday and he will effectively serve 34 years as some of the sentences will run […]
People need both clean, safe water and sustainable energy. That means both resources must be properly managed. But when it comes to the oil and gas industries, there’s a problem. The water that comes out of the ground along with oil and gas during oil and gas exploration and production operations is anything but clean. […]
*Full Federal High Court (Pre-election) Practice Direction Consequent on developments in the political space and its potential for severe implications for the 2023 general elections, the National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed that there are 600 pre-election cases in the courts. But it would seem that Hon. Justice John Terhemba […]
Monrovia — The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Samuel Tweah, is not a signatory to the LISGIS’ Census Account with Ecobank, neither did he transfer any money from LISGIS’ account to a private account in Cote d’Ivoire, Ecobank Liberia has clarified. The clarification from the bank comes amid an allegation from dismissed Deputy Director […]
Monrovia — The Ministry of Justice on Friday, 18 November amended charges against Oliver Zayzay, the Liberian national linked to the importation of cocaine worth about US$100m to Liberia. He was also rearrested. FrontPageAfrica had reported that Zayzay was released from the Monrovia Central Prison last week weeks after he was arrested following a historic […]
Monrovia — FrontPageAfrica has reliably gathered that an operation intended to combat against power theft and raise needed revenue for the Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has affected the Speaker of the House of Representatives Bhofal Chambers and several others in the Rehab Community in Paynesville, outside Monrovia. Created in […]
MEMBERS of Parliament with a criminal conviction will no longer be allowed to contest future elections. According to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 that was gazetted on Friday, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of 12 months before the date […]