A South African court ruled on Friday in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to pause impeachment proceedings against him over a scandal involving half-a-million dollars stashed in a sofa at his ranch. Ramaphosa asked the Western Cape High Court to stop the work of a parliamentary impeachment committee until his review of a November…
The ‘Farmgate’ scandal nearly cost President Cyril Ramaphosa the leadership of his African National Congress in 2022. Published On 24 Jul 202624 Jul 2026 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has won a court challenge temporarily halting a parliamentary impeachment process over misconduct allegations linked to the “Farmgate” scandal. The Western Cape High Court granted Ramaphosa…
Kenya’s High Court has dismissed a bid by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalise the use of cannabis for religious purposes. The Rastafarian community had argued that the ban on smoking cannabis infringed on their rights to freedom of religion and belief guaranteed under the constitution. In a landmark judgement, Justice Bahati Mwamuye said the…
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Finn Gomez | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House subcommittee on Tuesday that “the threat level” against her and other federal judges “is really high”…
Robinson’s defence team, led by attorney Kathy Nester, has sought to exclude much of the evidence and argued to have the death penalty taken off the table. Nester spent much of Tuesday aiming to discredit key pieces of evidence being displayed by prosecutors. Under questioning from Nester on Tuesday, Hull acknowledged that at least one…
This appeal verdict will decide Le Pen’s political future and in effect fire the starting pistol on the presidential race. The first round is on 18 April 2027, and the run-off is on 2 May. She was barred from holding public office for five years on 31 March 2025 when a court found her guilty…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court of appeal, has definitively upheld a record-setting €4.1 billion ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google and its parent company, Alphabet. The ruling officially dismisses Google’s final appeal and solidifies the penalty originally levied in 2018 for anti-competitive practices surrounding its Android operating system….
The planned resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has become a flashpoint for anti-government protests. Published On 5 Jul 20265 Jul 2026 A court in Albania’s capital Tirana has freed 19 protesters detained during a violent protest against a resort linked to US President Donald Trump’s family. The protesters released on Sunday were…
An absent congressman returns, Wimbledon welcomes back a great, and Trump’s crypto earnings are revealed.
AARTO is set to be implemented in another 69 municipalities this month. (Image: RTIA, redrawn by GenAI) The South African Local Government Agency (SALGA) on Wednesday lost a court bid in the Pretoria High Court to stop the rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) programme. This clears the way for phase…
