Zelda Venter

Multimedia Journalist, Court

Sekunjalo Group challenges closure of banking accounts by major banks

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The Sekunjalo Group argues before the Competition Tribunal that the closure of its banking accounts by major banks is unjustified, following findings of collusion ...

UP and partners conduct pivotal research on injury prevention in game rangers

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The research programme aims to build a repository of data that can be used for future research projects geared towards injury prevention strategies among game rangers ...

Surrogacy applications fails on technical points

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It is attacking regulations of the National Health Act ...

Justice Maya poised to make history

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She is no stranger to the ConCourt, as she joined this court in September 2022, where she has written three of her own judgments to date.

Mother ordered to return her child to father in Australia

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The mother has not discharged the burden of proof resting upon her to demonstrate the existence of a grave risk of harm to the child in the event of his return to ...

Sex, lies and a video tape

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While the husband has denied showing anyone the recording, the woman, who has remarried, was told by others how he had shown portions of the recording to some of ...

R17m for brain-damaged child due to hospital staff negligence

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The North West High Court sitting in Mafikeng, earlier found that the staff at the hospital where the child was born were negligent which resulted in an order that ...

Judge calls halt to sex, lies and a video tape

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The husband has denied showing anyone the recording, the woman, who has remarried, was told by others how he had shown portions of the recording to some of his friends ...

Security guard with a passion for studying

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A security officer at Unisa, despite all odds, was so inspired by her family’s academic achievements that she also decided to enter academia, saying it is never ...

Kei the hero dog back on TV

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The advert tells a touching and emotional story of bravery, resilience, love and hope. But it also upset some people who felt it was too harrowing.

Dealership ordered to fix car with rust after lengthy appeal process

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Judge Nomsa Khumalo, Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, turned down an appeal and ruled that in line with the Consumer Protection Act, the dealership had to fix the ...

Looting alert after court bans cameras in cigarette factories

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Gift for illicit tobacco barons who ‘flood market’ with tax-evading products

Granny scammed by her grandchild

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Judge Stuart Wilson said it seems to him that the defendants purchased the Protea Glen property in their own name, but let the granny believe that they had purchased ...

Director to answer questions on church pyramid scheme donations

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Two of Pastor Joshua’s companies were earlier placed into provisional liquidation following claims that it had received more than R6 million from a pyramid scheme ...

Summons on the post box won’t suffice, judge rules

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A company with a default judgment against it succeeded in getting the ...

Judge turns down damages claim against SAPS

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A judge said the reality of the police, the prosecuting authority and the courts in their battle against crime was that they had to make split-second decision to ...

Costly lesson for k-word user who was fined R500 000 and training

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The court heard that Mr Ackerman (the respondent) on four occasions used the “k” word in a conversation with one of his white business associates.

School accepts liability after pupil’s serious injury

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While the teachers had a duty of care towards the children during school hours, the mother also said that the school had failed to cordon off the dangerous area ...

African law dictates kids must support parents - court

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A mother from rural Limpopo, successfully turned to the courts to force the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to pay her for loss of support after her only remaining son ...

Taxpayers coughing up for police officers behaving badly

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Corrupt police officers are costing taxpayers dearly. This time, in the case of two SAPS members subjecting two women to a nightmare ordeal and trying to bribe them. ...

Corrupt police officers behaving badly

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When she returned with the money, she was told to put the money in the cubbyhole of the SAPS vehicle.

Lemon juice saga storm in a teacup

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A supermarket employee, who was fired on suspicion of having lemon juice belonging to the shop in his water bottle, is fighting his axing. He says his water bottle ...

Teacher claims dismissal after 20 years’ service was due to pro-Israel views

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The school’s governing body claimed this was not the reason for his dismissal and said his term of employment simply came to an end.

Pro-Israel city teacher fights the boot

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A NOW former teacher at the Laudium Secondary School in Pretoria, who claimed he was dismissed after nearly two decades at the school because of his pro-Israel sentiments, ...

Pencil remark leads to court action

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AN advocate who wrote an exam for an additional qualification, but only received a 16% mark, was so upset about this that she turned to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, ...