Inquests Act News Today

Using data from three national surveys, Naeemah Abrahams and colleagues compare rates of femicide, intimate partner femicide and non-intimate partner femicide in South Africa between 1999 and 2017.

New evidence as disclosed to TRC in 1990s by culprits has never been presented to a court of inquiry

The justice and correctional services ministry has instructed that a third inquest be opened into the deaths of murdered anti-apartheid activists the Cradock Four.

Non-profit organisation Section27 says it will argue for culpable homicide charges to be brought against three senior officials when the Life Esidimeni inquest resumes on Thursday.

The high court in Polokwane has granted an order permitting the exhumation of the body of Limpopo businessman Theophilus Mphosi, who was buried in June last year.

As they try to unravel the puzzle of someone’s death, mortuary staff often face life-threatening infections, toxic gases and other hazards.

Sue Segar caught up with Professor Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of Pretoria.

Criminal charges for medical errors are on the rise in SA, leading to questions about the effectiveness of the country's healthcare.

Siyakhangela Ndevu, 52, and Vuyokazi Ndevu, 43, made a brief appearance in the East London Magistrate's Court on Friday, where their trial date was set for 25 April.

Murder-accused Flavio Hlabangwane seemed a lot calmer and aware of his surroundings as he briskly walked to the stand from police chambers at the Protea Magistrates’ Court in his third court appearance on Tuesday.