What we need from the media is to be able to see much more clearly what the policy options are for getting us out of this mess
The president cannot rely on ANC MPs in the National Assembly to vote against initiating an impeachment process
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President must resign and hand himself over to the police
The president cautions that the courts cannot interfere with his constitutional power to suspend the public protector
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The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding
Judge Hlophe knew the ‘standards of judicial ethics’, yet still compromised the concourt’s independence
JSC will await representations on whether Hlophe should be suspended by Ramaphosa, pending the finalisation of parliamentary deliberations
The public protector has called for the impeachment process against her to be halted with immediate effect
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal found that the Western Cape Judge President was on a mission to sway constitutional court judges
The public protector was wrong to think legal review was the remedy for incompetence on her part; it is, in fact, removal, an independent report concludes
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President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him — and quickly, if possible. Four months after the Ukraine scandal exploded and went on to overshadow the end of Trump’s term, and 10 months before Americans […]
The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. McConnell said he expected the House of Representatives to deliver the articles of impeachment against Trump to the upper chamber on Wednesday. “We believe that […]
Trump says the inquiry is "corrupt" and "illegal," and maintains he did nothing wrong
Trump faces the possibility of becoming only the third US president ever impeached by Congress
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Trump will not be removed from office until Republicans in the House decide to support the idea or the midterms hand the Democrats more seats
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A decade after the judge’s drunk driving incident, he may face impeachment if found guilty of professional misconduct
Minority of justices believe the president has been held to account over Nkandla, but it’s the majority view that counts
Opposition parties argued that an ad hoc committee should be established in Parliament to force Zuma to answer questions about Nkandla.
The president returns to court in three separate cases, but Parliament will also be a battleground.
Impeachments and votes of no confidence are more about politics than law.
The beleagured Workers’ Party believes people will tire quickly of the opposition leaders.
Former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has joined a growing number of ANC leaders calling on the President to resign.
Concourt stated that Zuma might have been following wrong legal advice but that did not detract from the illegality of his conduct.