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Picture: Twitter/SISONKE MD Most parts of the magistrate’s court have burnt down, except only for the regional court, but fortunately there were no casualties.
The Alice Magistrate’s Court building in the Eastern Cape has been gutted, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said on Saturday.
“Most parts of the magistrate’s court have burnt down, except only for the regional court, which is in a separate building within the magistrate’s court precinct. There were no casualties in the fire,” said department spokesperson Steve Mahlangu.
An investigation into the cause of the blaze is under way.
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The Alice Magistrate s Court building in the Eastern Cape has been gutted, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said on Saturday. Most parts of the magistrate s court have burnt down, except only for the regional court, which is in a separate building within the magistrate s court precinct. There were no casualties in the fire, said department spokesperson Steve Mahlangu.
An investigation into the cause of the blaze is under way.
So, today, the Alice Magistrates Court near University of Forthare in the Eastern Cape was engulfed in flames. pic.twitter.com/npJQZMkV7R Sisonke Mlamla (@SISONKE MD) March 5, 2021
Durban s new family law facility to ease congestion at magistrate s court 25 January 2021 - 12:10 Family court services will be dealt with at the new facility in Shepstone Road in the Point precinct. Image: 123RF/3DRENDERINGS
Durban has a state-of-the-art new family court aimed at easing congestion at the magistrate’s court in which it was previously housed.
Department of justice spokesperson Steve Mahlangu said the Durban magistrate’s court would stop providing family court services from Monday.
He said family court services - including issues pertaining to domestic violence, maintenance, children’s court and protection from harassment - would be dealt with the at a new facility in Shepstone Road in the Point precinct.
On 4 January, police announced that three suspects had been arrested days earlier after a security scanner picked up irregular images, presumably of their hand luggage.
“The trio had just flown into South Africa from Madagascar and were en-route to Dubai via Ethiopia last week when they were apprehended,” spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said.
“Upon questioning of the suspects and further inspection of their hand luggage, officials discovered the gold bars and some foreign currency.”
While police said the gold bars had a street value of about R61-million, they could, based on the value of a kilogram of gold and depending on the quality of the gold, fetch around R67.5-million on the legal market, according to website market charts.