Zimbabwe's
white farmers plan to seize government property - 7 March
Lawyers for dispossessed farmers believe that on Monday they will be able
to start using the law to seize houses in Cape Town which are owned by the
Zimbabwean government. Their action, which follows a landmark legal
ruling, promises to humiliate Mr Mugabe and embarrass South Africa's
president Jacob Zuma, who was on a state visit to Britain last week. - Telegraph
website
Gunning
for Zimbabwe's Cape assets - 7 March
Four Cape Town properties belonging to the Zimbabwean government could
be sold off to compensate a group of dispossessed farmers. Following a
landmark ruling in the High Court in Pretoria, South African civil
rights group Afri Forum is scheduled to announce details this week of
civil proceedings to attach the government-owned properties. - Times
Live website
NPA
goes after family with R35m 'tax refund' - 8 March
Police are searching for an Erasmia family, who they believe may have
skipped the country after allegedly defrauding the state of about R35
million. Shahida Tayob, her husband Abdool Tayob and son Ahmed Tayob are
wanted in connection with false VAT claims from the South African Revenue
Service (Sars). A property believed to be worth more than R15m has been
seized. The Asset Forfeiture Unit obtained a restraint order against the
three in terms of the Prevention
of Organised Crime Act
in the Pretoria High Court on March 1. - IOL
website
NPA
closing in on runaway defrauding family - 7 March
The National Prosecuting Authority said on Saturday its in hot pursuit of
a Pretoria family believed to have fled the country - after allegedly
defrauding the South African Revenue Service of over R33 million. Shahida
Tayob is accused of filing false value added tax refund claims in 2006 and
2007. - Eye Witness News
website
Tourist
wants R12m after slipping on tiles - 10 March
An American citizen is claiming more than R12,6 million from a safari
lodge outside Pretoria after he slipped on wet patio tiles while visiting
South Africa two years ago. Michael Klesh claimed in the Pretoria High
Court that the injuries he suffered from the fall were the result of
negligence on the part of staff or the management at the Monateng Safari
Lodge. Klesh said the management was negligent as it allowed rainwater to
gather on the patio, making the tiles slippery and unsafe to walk on. He
said he was in shock for four months after the accident and suffered
severe pain. Judgment was reserved. - IOL website
'Advocate
Barbie' Case
Advocate
Barbie victim hangs herself : report - 8 March
A victim of convicted child molester Cezanne Visser hanged herself from
a tree in Botswana at the weekend, Beeld newspaper reports. The
body of Jeannine du Plessis, 21, was found in an open field on Sunday
morning. Her father, Pieter du Plessis, told the Afrikaans daily :
"This is all Cezanne and Dirk's fault". Du Plessis was one of
the girls from a children's home who Visser lured to Prinsloo's house. -
Times Live website
Advocate
Barbie's family shocked by victim's suicide - 9 March
Cezanne Visser's relatives on Monday said they were shocked and
saddened by the suicide of one of the former advocate's victims. - Eye
Witness News website
Calls
for court to hear of Visser's victim's suicide - 9 March
The Child Abuse Action Group said on Monday the Supreme Court of Appeal
should be made aware of the fact that one of Cezanne Visser's victims
committed suicide. - Eye
Witness News website