Articles for Marecia Damons
Thabo Bester saga: State expects three more people to be arrested
Case postponed again for further investigation
By Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
Brief | 20 June 2023
Homeless man had not intended to fight officer who shot him dead, claims witness
Defence argues that the officer was being attacked when the shot went off that killed Dumisani Joxo in Cape Town last year
News | 20 June 2023
Over 180 judgments outstanding for longer than six months
Reserved judgment list is almost six months old and records the highest number of late judgments since we’ve begun reporting the situation
Law | 7 June 2023
Any damages suffered by man dragged naked from his shack is his own doing, says City of Cape Town
Bulelani Qolani is suing the City for R1.4-million
News | 6 June 2023
How bad is South Africa’s murder rate?
And has the Western Cape turned the corner?
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 2 June 2023
Dr Nandipha’s court bid is “trial by ambush” argues state lawyer
Nandipha Magudumana claims she was “abducted” in Tanzania by South African authorities
By Daniel Steyn, Marecia Damons and Becker Semela
News | 1 June 2023
Child protection services raise alarm on funding shortfalls
Funding for child protection programmes in the Western Cape has not kept pace with inflation
News | 31 May 2023
Dr Nandipha’s urgent court bid postponed. But does her case have merit?
Department of Home Affairs officially joins as a respondent
By Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn
Law | 26 May 2023
One year later and still no judgment in urgent case about access to medicine
Judge Colleen Collis reserved judgment in April 2022 in a matter between Bayer and Clicks
News | 24 May 2023