Few takers for empty seat on the Bench
- 09 Mar 2012 00:00 - Niren Tolsi
- Legal eagles are concerned over the dearth of candidates for the Constitutional Court.
Stand up for freedom of expression
- 10 Feb 2012 12:31 - Matthew Burbidge
- South Africans can participate in the fight for freedom of expresson at the Constitutional Conference.
Courting disaster with the judiciary
- 04 Nov 2011 00:35 - The Editorial
- That the ANC and its president, Jacob Zuma, have an adversarial relationship with the judiciary is no longer a matter of conjecture.
Mogoeng grilling ends ahead of considerations
- 04 Sep 2011 14:10 - Stuart Graham
- JSC member Koos van der Merwe has asked chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng to withdraw his acceptance of the nomination.
Give us more names Mr President: FF Plus
- 21 Aug 2011 17:20 - Staff Reporter
- The Freedom Front Plus has called on President Jacob Zuma to submit more nominations for the appointment of a new chief justice.
JSC accepts Zuma's chief justice nomination
- 20 Aug 2011 16:47 - Staff Reporter
- Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has told the Judicial Service Commission that he is not a nominee for the position of chief justice.
Deadly dangerous Judgment Day
- 19 Aug 2011 00:00 - The Editorial
- Many South Africans were stunned this week by President Jacob Zuma's nomination of Constitutional Court Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
Chief justice appointment is an artful move
- 19 Aug 2011 00:00 - Julia Sloth-Nielsen
- Zuma's choice of Mogoeng makes the campaign against extending Ngcobo's term a Pyrrhic victory, says Julia Sloth-Nielsen.
Ncgobo's last judgment
- 12 Aug 2011 10:33 - Nickolaus Bauer
- Many of SA's elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
Ngcobo 'showed no fear, favour or prejudice'
- 11 Aug 2011 13:35 - Staff Reporter
- There was a sense of excitement in going into the next stage of his life, Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo said at his farewell ceremony on Thursday.
Injudicious bungling
- 05 Aug 2011 14:38 - Staff Reporter
- Consider the facts. Manifestly, the government wanted the chief justice to remain in office.
What is good for our people
- 05 Aug 2011 00:30 - The Editorial
- South Africans deserve a rigorous examination of all the candidates and substantial reasons why Ngcobo's successor was chosen. Democracy demands it.
State legal adviser's office under fire
- 05 Aug 2011 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- Experts point to the crisis involving the chief justice as an example of their poor judgment.
Sandile Ngcobo: 'Emperor' true to his green robes
- 05 Aug 2011 00:00 - Niren Tolsi
- Sandile Ngcobo's demeanour might have been aloof but his contribution to jurisprudence is uncontested.
Where the new chief justice will pick up
- 05 Aug 2011 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- When Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo finishes his term in office this month, he will leave behind several key projects in various states of completion.
Ngcobo to oversee JSC panel to discuss his successor
- 01 Aug 2011 19:29 - Staff Reporter
- One of outgoing Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo's last jobs will be to chair a special sitting of the JSC to discuss his successor
Zuma acted unconstitutionally, says ConCourt
- 29 Jul 2011 10:10 - Staff Reporter
- The Constitutional Court said on Friday that President Jacob Zuma's decision to extend Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo's term was unconstitutional.
FAQ: Chief Justice Sandile Ncgobo
- 28 Jul 2011 20:22 - Katharine Child
- Confused by the judicial crisis gripping South Africa? Not quite sure why Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is stepping down? We have the answers.
ConCourt to rule on Ngcobo controversy regardless
- 28 Jul 2011 16:16 - Staff Reporter
- Despite Chief Justice Ngcobo's decision to step down, the Constitutional Court will still rule on whether an extension of his term was constitutional.
Ngcobo case: What were Zuma and Radebe thinking?
- 28 Jul 2011 11:18 - Staff Reporter
- The section of the Act on which Zuma relied on to extend Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo's term of office, was "almost certainly unconstitutional".
