Courts

A Johannesburg family lives in tension with the previous homeowner who refuses to leave their legally purchased property, spotlighting South Africa’s complex property rights challenges. The Naidoo family shares their R1.2 million Northcliff, Johannesburg home with former owner Kholeka Nkombi, who has refused to vacate since the 2021 sale despite court orders. The situation escalated […]

Citizens Coalition for Change interim leader Jameson Timba and 34 party members have been freed after receiving suspended sentences for participating in an unlawful gathering in June. The court handed Timba and senior member Jason Kautsa 16-month suspended sentences, with shorter terms for others. All were acquitted of disorderly conduct charges. The group had been […]

A Zimbabwean man faces execution in Botswana after being convicted of selling his six-year-old stepson to ritualists who killed the child. Lovemore Sithole, 37, received US$15,000 for trafficking the boy, whose skull was found a month after his disappearance. DNA testing confirmed the remains belonged to the missing child. Authorities discovered the skull in an […]

Two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to a combined 30 years in prison by a US federal court for defrauding victims of $3.5 million through inheritance and romance scams. Anthony Emeka Ibekie, 59, received a 20-year sentence on Thursday, while Samuel Aniukwu, 50, was given 10 years on 8 November, the US Department of Justice […]

A South African court has postponed the case of a mother accused of selling her two-year-old son, as authorities continue their search for the missing toddler. The 32-year-old woman appeared in Vanderbijlpark Magistrate Court, Gauteng, where she faces charges of human trafficking, conspiracy to commit robbery, and making a false statement to police. National Prosecuting […]

In a heart-wrenching case of mistaken identity, three men from Bradford, along with another accomplice, were found guilty of the murder of 17-year-old Trust Gangata in Armley, Leeds. The verdict was reached at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday, November 30. Karl Belinga, 20, residing in Holme Wood, Karlson Ogie, 19, from Bierley House Avenue in […]

HARARE – A Harare motorist who reportedly caused the death of CBZ Holding’s chief governance and compliance officer, Walter Ngonidzashe Zure, after ramming into him during his routine morning jog, appeared in court yesterday. Farai Nhende, 34, of Munro, Cranbone appeared before Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura charged with culpable homicide. He is a holder of […]

A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas has been jailed for 15 months for involuntary manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad […]

The 46-year-old alleged attacker was accused of raping woman on hospital bed But a judge in Turin, Italy, asked why ‘there was no crying, no screaming’ Defendant walked free from court sparking outrage among women’s groups Italy’s justice minister has said he will investigate after a court acquitted a man of sexually assaulting a woman […]