Know your rights: bail, arrests, criminal records, expungement, DUI and criminal defence in South Africa — practical guides from Onah Attorneys’ criminal defence team.
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. AARTO replaces the old fine-and-forget culture with a points system: infringements add demerits, too many suspend your licence, repeat suspensions…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. The Firearms Control Act makes gun ownership a privilege built on paperwork: competency, motivation, storage, renewal clocks. SAPS backlogs and…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. Since the Constitutional Court’s Prince judgment and the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act, adults may use and grow cannabis privately…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. Fraud is the white-collar catch-all: a misrepresentation, actual or potential prejudice, and intent — stretched to cover everything from CV…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. Visas, emigration, jobs, PSIRA, firearm licences — everything international or security-adjacent wants a Police Clearance Certificate. The process is simple;…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. A moment of madness at a till, a security office, handcuffs — shoplifting (theft) cases flood the courts, and for…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. A bar scuffle, a neighbour confrontation, a domestic incident with two versions — assault charges are among the most common…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. Missed a court date you forgot existed? Old case resurfacing at a roadblock? A warrant of arrest doesn’t expire and…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. Pay a fine at the police station, skip court, go home — the admission of guilt fine looks like a…
By Onah Attorneys Inc • Updated July 2026 • Legal information, not a substitute for advice on your specific matter. What happens in the first hours after an arrest shapes the entire case — most convictions are built on what…
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