Analysts believe it will be easier to build a case against the former Steinhoff CEO on ‘lesser crimes’ instead of complex international investment fraud
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Activist lawyer Paul Hoffman has called for the recall of President Jacob Zuma, whom he said was "ever more conflicted and compromised".
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa has lodged an official objection to Jacob Zuma’s candidacy for presidency in the May elections.
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/ 10 February 2012
South Africans can participate in the fight for freedom of expresson at the Constitutional Conference.
The setting aside of President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of Menzi Simelane is likely to heighten tensions between the judiciary and the executive.
The scope of the probe into claims of corruption and impropriety in the arms deal has been hailed as "better than a sharp stick in the eye".
President Jacob Zuma announces an inquiry in to the arms deal — but will it just be a "sweetheart commission"?
Experts say a political decision to extend a judge’s term compromises the judiciary’s independence.
Concourt postpones arms deal activist Terry Crawford-Browne’s bid to force President Jacob Zuma to appoint a commission of inquiry into the arms deal.
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/ 25 January 2008
High-profile criminal cases involving senior South African officials have renewed fears among opposition parties and the legal community that judicial independence may be at risk. President Thabo Mbeki’s government has had a testy relationship with the judiciary.
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/ 13 October 2007
A United States appellate court on Friday allowed claims brought by victims of apartheid against dozens of major companies to go forward, saying a lower court erred in ruling it did not have jurisdiction over the matter. The plaintiffs include South Africa’s non-profit Khulumani Support Group.