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To defend a protection order in South Africa, you oppose the application at the return date hearing stated in the documents you were served with. ...

The cyber crime law in South Africa is the Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020, in force since 1 December 2021. It criminalises unlawful access to ...

Your criminal record can be cleared in South Africa without going to court, and in many cases without a lawyer, if ten years have passed ...

No. In South Africa a charge on its own does not create a criminal record. A criminal record is created only once a court convicts ...

The criminal court process in South Africa runs from first appearance to sentence through fixed stages: bail, plea, pre-trial preparation, trial, verdict, and sentencing. Less ...

Crimen injuria is the common-law crime of unlawfully, intentionally and seriously impairing another person’s dignity. In South Africa it covers serious verbal insults such as ...

The consequences of a protection order in South Africa are civil and criminal: the respondent is barred from specified conduct such as contact and entering ...

Fraud is a crime at common law in South Africa: the unlawful and intentional making of a misrepresentation that causes actual or potential prejudice to ...

Common assault in South Africa is the unlawful and intentional application of force to another person, or the threat of imminent force, without a lawful ...