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Commercial crimes in South Africa are financially motivated offences committed in the course of business, typically involving deception, abuse of position, or the hiding or ...

When a child under 18 is arrested in South Africa, the Child Justice Act 38 of 2008 takes over: the child must be assessed by ...

A protection order in South Africa is cancelled or withdrawn by applying to the same court that issued it, not by the police, the prosecutor, ...

You can physically refuse to sign a protection order, but the refusal achieves nothing. Signing is not consent and not an admission of guilt. It ...

No. South African law prohibits double jeopardy: once you have been convicted or acquitted of an offence, you cannot be tried again for that same ...

Yes, civil and criminal cases can run simultaneously in South Africa. The same facts may support both a State prosecution and a private civil claim, ...

Yes, assault charges can be dropped in South Africa, but only the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) can make that decision. A complainant who no longer ...

There is no single “best” defence to assault charges in South Africa, because the best defence is the one the facts actually support. In practice ...

Bail conditions in South Africa are rules the court or police attaches to an accused person’s release, under section 62 of the Criminal Procedure Act ...