During the hearings from Monday to Wednesday, the Judicial Service Commission will be hoping to fill the last remaining vacancy on the constitutional court
The interviews were brought forward after Freedom Under Law warned that the commission was breaching a high court order by scheduling these for June
The failure by the Judicial Service Commission, an organisation chaired by the chief justice, risked undermining respect for the rule of law, the group said
The unsettling reality of Biowatch principle neglect in lower courts imperils the constitutional integrity of South Africa
The president will consult party lawyers after a court ruling that could see the ANC forking out R150 million to the company
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
The board will now have to refund millions of rands it collected from residents of land under the trust’s control
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The National Prosecuting Authority lives to fight another day after losing face in the first state capture trial
The appeal had been brought by its former chairperson Jerome Ngwenya, who was fired by the Zulu king earlier this year
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The court said the former president’s application was part of continuing Stalingrad tactics
The presence of democratically elected leaders in the Judicial Service Commission is critical
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
The portfolio committee on justice will invite the Judicial Service Commission to brief MPs on the process that has led to this point, 15 years after Motata’s conviction for drunk driving
The acting judge who discharged Gutpa associates in the first state capture case fell short of legal and ethical standards, the National Prosecuting Authority submitted
Brannon Jonathan Petersen was handed an indeterminate sentence and declared a dangerous criminal after being found guilty of attempted rape, rape and murder
The current law fails to recognise Muslim marriages
The former president spent spent just an hour at the prison while paperwork was done to release him from the remainder of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court
In her short time as ANC treasurer general, Ramokgopa has overseen the resuscitation of the party’s finances
Submissions are being considered and a decision will follow by Thursday
Correctional services wants input as it considers a court order that says the former president must return to jail because his medical parole was unlawful
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The board is also considering closing Ingonyama Holdings
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The court said there was no reasonable prospects of success for an appeal on the judgment finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful
It’s payback time and the ANC’s former secretary general has taken a note out of Banyana Banyana’s game plan
Ezulweni’s owner also charges Fikile Mbalula for claiming the banner deal was corrupt
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Since 1995, South Africans who gained citizenship of another country lost their local one, but the court said home affairs had given no legitimate purpose for this
Both parties could be liquidated, a first in South African history
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But the state made mistakes and almost lost the case
The minister argues the ruling compelling him to keep the lights on at hospitals, schools and police station is vague and impossible to implement
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She has vowed to retire in the post and abandon any ambition to join the constitutional court
The apex court has denied the government of Mozambique leave to appeal a high court ruling ordering the government to surrender Chang to the United States
The appointments are to go ahead despite a revolt by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and axed board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya
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The opposition party has argued that the high court failed to follow the pronouncements of the appellate court on the test for a secret ballot on a National Assembly vote