Mom required to undergo drug tests before having contact with child

Before she can have phased-in contact with her 8-year-old child, the divorced mother must...

Members of Khayelitsha’s Gupta gang handed 14 life sentences

The Western Cape High Court has sentenced two members of the notorious Gupta gang...

Magistrate in court for spousal maintenance in divorce from police captain

A police captain in an acrimonious divorce from her magistrate husband petitioned the Western...

Man sentenced to life in prison for girlfriend’s gruesome murder

Siyabonga Mbotyi’s trial for the gruesome murder of his girlfriend Nandipha Mthimkhulu nearly five...

Cape Town scientist’s murder trial unveils relationship issues

This week, the man accused of shooting and killing the City of Cape Town’s...

Nephew of murdered Cape Town magistrate sentenced to 20 years

The Western Cape High Court gave Cassidy Hartzenberg a 20-year prison sentence for the...

Judges grapple with use of ‘ma se p…’

Picture and Words: Tania Broughton/Groundup Two Western Cape High Court judges recently found themselves grappling...

#UniteBehind’s seven-year push for accountability at PRASA

Picture and Words: Lucas Nowicki and Marecia Damons/GroundUp In 2017, the rail activist group #UniteBehind began challenging...

City obtains interdict against Lakeside container site

The Western Cape High Court has issued an interdict against Metric Storage Containers and...

Western Cape’s largest human trafficking trial nearing conclusion

The Western Cape’s largest human trafficking trial is nearing an end, with final arguments...