16 Feb 2023 #NewsCentral#AfricaFirst#AfricaResearchers have ranked South Africa as the 5th most criminal country in Africa. This is ten places higher than the country's position in 2019. According to global initiative against transnational organised crimes, despite efforts by the government to curb crime, it has...
Residents of Charlesville in the Free State are suing the owners of the Jagersfontein diamond mine. Andries Nkome, a lawyer from Phosa Loots Attorneys, a law firm representing Jagersfontein families discussed this with eNCA's Dan Moyane. Courtesy of #DStv403 ...
Residents of Jagersfontein are still reeling from the trail of destruction left after the diamond mine dam burst destroying property and killing one person. Some people were taken to hospital while others were visibly traumatised as they detailed how they lost everything. President Cyril Ramaphosa...
The lawyer for some of the miners, Andries Nkome explains where the families of the killed miners are now. Courtesy #DSTV403 ...
The Marikana Commission of Inquiry, chaired by retired Judge, Ian Farlam, exonerated political leaders accused of having played a role in the events leading up to the massacre. Last year some of the mineworkers asked their attorney, Andries Nkome, to begin a process to review...
The Marikana tragedy settlement case is back in the North Gauteng High Court. This time lawyers on behalf of just over 50 miners are negotiating settlements with respect to claims from the state. For more, we cross to SABC News Reporter Canny Maphanga. For more...
This is an edited (shortened) version of a conversation that I had yesterday (Thursday, 2 June 2022), with attorney Andries Nkome, the senior partner of Andries Nkome Incorporated, the instructing law firm in the Marikana Massacre legal case against President #CyrilRamaphosa and others, that commenced...
The Marikana injured and arrested mineworkers continue with their fight for accountability. They want President Cyril Ramaphosa to take personal responsibility for the massacre. Forty four people died during the August 2012 unrest, thirty four of them were gunned down on the 16th. Let's look...
The criminal case involved 53 military veterans accused of taking 26 people - including two ministers and a deputy minister - hostage has been withdrawn. The NPA confirmed it had been dropped following successful representations by the accused. There were initially charged with conspiracy to...
Government has offered the families of some of the slain Marikana mineworkers a R100-million settlement. The Miners attorney Andries Nkome responds to this on News Night. Courtesy DStv403 ...