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Cash-strapped Public Protector dealing with 158 cases during lockdownMkhwebane said the Department of Justice paid R1.8 billion in legal fees, the Special Investigation Unit R21 million and police R300 million. The Department of Home Affairs, which does not report to the committee, had legal fees of around R1.9 billion.Personal cost orderIn three cases, a personal costs…

Lawyers on behalf of the family argued the ministers of police and defence had failed to take steps to prevent illegal action by law enforcement officials, adding their public statement defended, downplayed and encouraged the use of force.The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the urgent application brought on behalf of the…

DA also said it was taking the government to court in two separate matters that challenge the validity of some aspects of the national lockdown, including the military-enforced night curfew, the ban on e-commerce and the restriction on exercise hours, News24 reported. "It is our opinion – and it is the view of many South Africans…

KZN tavern set alight in alleged arson attack

haven't been tested and are living in a place teeming with cockroaches and rotten cardboard. They reportedly also said that they were being served "substandard" food. The Mpumalanga Department of Health initially quarantined 115 people at the resort, which is owned by the Mpumalanga Parks and Tourism Agency. Twenty of them were international tourists. Eight left…