21 May 2009
14355/08 [2009] ZAWCHC 78
Garden Cities (Incorporated Association not for Gain) v City of
Cape Town and Another
21 May 2009
4375/2008 [2009] ZAWCHC 77
Visser v Hull and Others
15 May 2009
A104/2009 [2009] ZAWCHC 68
July v S
8 May 2009
13854/2008 [2009] ZAWCHC 67
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope v Booysen
24 April 2009
4365/2009 [2009] ZAWCHC 66
Diamonds Discount Liquor (Pty) Ltd v Full Sail 75 (Pty) Ltd
Van der Westhuizen 'did not have fair trial' - 12 May
Former policeman Marius van der Westhuizen who shot dead his three
children did not have a fair trial, his attorney said during
closing arguments in the high court in Cape Town on
Monday. Defence attorney Milton de la Harpe said the prosecution's
handling of the trial, especially by not letting the defence
consult with certain of their psychiatrists, prevented Van der
Westhuizen from having a fair trial. He said the way the justice
system deals with accused who rely on the defence of mental
illness was unconstitutional. -
IOL
website
Pupil's hammer attack left ex-teach 'a wreck' - 13 May
A former schoolteacher who was attacked in class with a hammer by
a Grade 8 pupil in 2001 said the incident left her so traumatised
that she eventually became unable to continue her teaching
career. Tania Jacobs is suing Rhodes High School in Mowbray and
principal Keith Long for R2-million. fter several complaints to
the principal, governing body, Education Department and National
Union of Educators about her safety fears and getting no support,
a meeting was held where she said she felt she was being put on
trial. She also found it very unfair, given her state, that the
school had neglected to tell her that two brothers in her Grade 8
and Grade 9 classes were gang members who faced criminal charges
of assault. One victimised her. She said Long said she was not
told, because it could have made her treat them differently. -
IOL
website
Brown misses legal deadline - 14
May
Former Fidentia boss Arthur Brown has missed his deadline to file
his reply to allegations that he had deprived Cape Town
businessman Rocco van den Bergh of the love and affection of his
wife, Annelize. Brown is involved in a relationship with her and
they are living together in the plush Atlantic Beach Golf Estate.
Van den Bergh has instituted divorce proceedings in the Cape Town
High Court, but is also claiming R500 000 from Brown for
alienation of affection. -
IOL website
Vida e Caffe coffee shops reopen for
business - 15 May
While the insolvent franchisee of three Cape Town branches of the
trendy coffee chain Vida e Caffe has been placed under final
liquidation in the Western Cape High Court yesterday, the branches
are up and running again, under the control of the holding
company. -
Cape Times website
Fidentia Case
Fidentia whistleblower accused of taking R9m - 8 May
Fidentia curators are claiming a whopping R9,8-million from the
man who blew the whistle on the multi-million rand Fidentia
scandal, Hendrik Bam. They claim that Bam, a former Fidentia
director, first blew the whistle on the scandal, then resigned,
sold his Fidentia shares and was paid out for these shares with
allegedly stolen money. Curators Dines Gihwala and George
Papadakis have now instituted a Cape High Court action against Bam
for the return of the money, saying he knew it was tainted and
that the payments were illegally made. -
IOL
website
Taliep Petersen Case
Najwa appeal ruling reserved - 5 May
Murderess Najwa Petersen will know on Wednesday whether she will
be allowed to appeal her conviction. Clad in prison-issue blue
denims, and without makeup or her trademark glasses and headscarf,
she was in the Cape High Court on Tuesday to hear her attorney
argue for leave to appeal. -
The Times
website
Najwa refused leave to appeal - 6
May
Murderess Najwa Petersen has been refused leave to appeal her
conviction. In the decision handed down on Wednesday, Cape High
Court judge Siraj Desai also refused leave to her co-accused
Abdoer Emjedi. They were found guilty in December last year of the
2006 execution-style slaying of Najwa's husband, theatre legend
Taliep Petersen. -
Mail & Guardian
website