https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/549.html Southern Africa Criminal Law news 15 Criminal Law news - Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/549.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:10:55 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-zambian-minister-the-mysterious-businesswoman-and-illegal-mining-621341a Illegal mining is rife at Sensele Mine in Zambia. Many lives have been claimed. For example, over 30 people died in a mudslide in December 2023. Sensele Enterprises and Zambia’s government appear to lay the blame for the continuation of illegal mining at each other’s doors. Questions have been raised about the relationship between Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industries Chipoka Mulenga and a businessperson who is known as “Laila”, and the latter’s role in the mine. 1-261341 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:59:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/detained-binance-executive-in-court-on-nigerian-tax-money-laundering-charges-908664a One of the two executives from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, detained in Nigeria appeared in an Abuja court on Thursday, 4 April, to face tax evasion and money laundering charges. 1-247354 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/article/zimbabwe-scraps-colonial-era-death-penalty-law-789952a Zimbabwe's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for the worst offences. 1-245842 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/549/243829.html President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that South Africa has formally submitted a request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. 1-243829 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/Article/238/549/238209.html Acclaimed Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga was acquitted on Monday by the country's High Court for staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. 1-238209 Mon, 08 May 2023 16:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/549/237446.html In a watershed moment for the US criminal system, former US president Donald Trump turned himself in to New York authorities. 1-237446 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/29/549/234856.html Botswana's former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week. 1-234856 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/129/549/233923.html Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday. 1-233923 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/751/229494.html A court in Kenya has frozen more than $40m in accounts belonging to Africa-focused payments giant, Flutterwave under the country's anti-money laundering laws, court documents showed. 1-229494 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/120/549/215700.html Lesotho's Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has started a process to recruit seven judges of the High Court through a merit-based process. In February 2021, the commission issued a public advertisement announcing the vacancies and spelling out the competencies required. The vacancies follow a slew of deaths and retirements of judges. 1-215700 Wed, 12 May 2021 08:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Criminal Law Southern Africa