Lawyers

• Jacob Zuma Rejects Rumor of Pravin’s Arrest Amid Economists’ Warning For Financial Crisis

  South African President Jacob Zuma has rejected the rumors for arresting his former finance minister Pravin Gordhan on Sunday. He along with eight other former officials has been investigating their illicit roles in forming a special unit inside SARS. However, his arrest may put the country into a deep financial crisis, warn the economists.

• ANC brands Sunday Times act as “poor and shoddy journalism”

  After an article released by Sunday Times titled "How Guptas shopped for new minister," ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte responds and denies accusations. The article alleges the Guptas and Duarte to have offered Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas the position of then-finance minister Nhlanhla Nene. These were made even more controversial as Sunday Times reported that the Guptas gave conditions along with the offer, such as the support for the nuclear procurement programme.

• South African police fire stun grenades as students march on parliament

  South African riot police fired stun grenades on Wednesday at hundreds of protesting students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try to disrupt the reading of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's interim budget.

• South Africa lawmakers reject bid to impeach Zuma over Bashir saga

  South Africa's parliament on Tuesday rejected investigating President Jacob Zuma for possible impeachment for allowing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant and leave the country in June.

• Families of South Africa's 'Marikana Massacre' victims file civil suit

  Families of 37 of the South African miners killed during a 2012 wildcat strike at a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin have filed civil claims against the minister of police, a support group said.

• Judge throws out fraud case against South African firebrand Malema

  A judge threw out corruption charges against South African opposition firebrand Julius Malema on Tuesday, a ruling hailed as a major victory by the vocal critic of President Jacob Zuma.

• South African court orders indicted Sudanese leader not to leave

  A South African court issued an interim order on Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaving the country, where he was attending an African Union summit, until the judge hears an application calling for his arrest.

• New Nigerian president seeks to crush 'godless' Boko Haram

  New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the "mindless, godless" militants of Boko Haram and rescue hundreds of women and children held captive, including 200 girls taken from the town of Chibok a year ago.

• Proposed South Africa ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms: minister

  A South African government proposal to ban foreign nationals from owning land will apply to farms, not residential property, a government minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

• South Africa's Zuma pushes ahead with curbs on foreign land rights

  Foreigners will be barred from owning land in South Africa and no individual will be able to own more than 12,000 hectares, the equivalent of two farms, under legislation currently in the works, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

• South African prosecutor wins anti-corruption award

  Anti-corruption body Transparency International named South African lawyer Thuli Madonsela as the winner of its integrity award for 2014 on Friday, citing her investigations into graft allegations at every level - all the way up the president.

• Lesotho brings forward vote to ease political crisis

  Lesotho will hold elections earlier than scheduled in 2017, in an effort to ease a political crisis that resulted in an apparent coup last month, southern African regional leaders said on Tuesday.