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/ 21 September 2008
The success of the Jacob Zuma application took many by surprise. To be fair, the lengthy and reasoned judgement is hardly without legal controversy.
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/ 19 September 2008
Jacob Zuma must accept the decision of the prosecutors to appeal the ruling of Judge Chris Nicholson, says DA leader Helen Zille.
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/ 19 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki hit back at his critics on Friday, saying ”insults hurled” at him were not based on facts.
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/ 19 September 2008
Last week’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma corruption trial has several potentially far-reaching implications.
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/ 18 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki and his Cabinet will seek legal advice on Judge Chris Nicholson’s comments about political interference in the Zuma prosecution.
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/ 17 September 2008
The NPA will apply for leave to appeal against the judgement delivered by Judge Chris Nicholson last Friday on the Jacob Zuma matter.
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/ 17 September 2008
The National Prosecuting Authority will reveal on Wednesday whether it intends appealing against last week’s Jacob Zuma court ruling.
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/ 16 September 2008
The DA has threatened to consider private prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma if the NPA declines to act further against him.
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/ 14 September 2008
The African National Congress and its alliance partners will decide whether to oust President Thabo Mbeki in a series of meetings starting this week.
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/ 12 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Friday that the court ruling in his favour was a victory for the justice system but had left him a ”wounded warrior”.
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/ 12 September 2008
The Scorpions’ decision to prosecute ANC leader Jacob Zuma on fraud and corruption charges was not legal, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has found.
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/ 12 September 2008
Much has been made in recent months of what will happen if the criminal trial of Jacob Zuma goes ahead, or if it is forestalled by a political deal.
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/ 12 September 2008
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. You can put pressure on the courts by staging a riot or by using kwaito. Or both.
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/ 5 September 2008
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has accused cellphone giant Vodacom of helping the ANC-controlled Western Cape government to illegally spy on her.
A full bench of judges on Friday reserved a ruling on the bid by the City of Cape Town and the Democratic Alliance (DA) to quash the Erasmus commission. The commission was set up by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool to probe the DA-led city’s investigation of renegade councillor Badih Chaaban.
Having a judge head the politically loaded Erasmus commission undermined the principle of separation of powers, lawyers for the City of Cape Town and the Democratic Alliance argued on Thursday. The city and the party have asked the court to quash the commission to probe the legality of the city’s spying on renegade councillor Badih Chaaban.