The draft norms and standards for school infrastructure that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga recently gazetted could well be illegal.
An Egyptian panel boycotted by Christians and liberals on Friday adopted a draft constitution with an Islamist bent that activists are unhappy with.
Planning Minister Trevor Manuel says the Constitution cannot be blamed for the slow pace of change in South Africa.
NGO Equal Education says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s statements submitted to court on basic education rights are wrong.
Analysts critical of Zimbabwe’s draft constitution say it is a flawed collection of compromises that is doomed to be "thrown away by future nations".
For too long Zimbabwe has been afflicted by an atmosphere that is at once febrile and frozen.
Nikiwe Bikitsha explains how she feels about "The Spear", and how South Africans are not living up to the Constitution of our founding fathers.
Sometimes the courts need to intervene to remind the government it is of the people, by the people, writes <b>Khaya Dlanga</b>. Not of or by the ANC.
Members of the DA Youth have staged a sit-in outside the Constitutional Court to protest what they deemed an "assault" on the Constitution.
15years after Mandela signed the constitution, the book One Law, One Nation charts the story of the long fight for constitutional rights in the country.
Former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo says South Africans should not take their rights to freedom of expression and information for granted.
With new focus on land and constitutional reform, the ANC says its policy discussion documents will take the country into its "second transition".
An ANC document says "elements" of the Constitution might be reviewed because they "may be an impediment to social and economic transformation".
A new book celebrating the 15th birthday of South Africa’s Constitution details how agreement was hammered out in the final weeks before its adoption.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Justice Minister Jeff Radebe about the discussion documents on the transformation of the judiciary.
Legal experts have warned that tampering with the powers of the Constitutional Court equates to a fundamental change in South Africa’s democracy.
The past few weeks have not been a happy time for the judiciary. None of these developments is of the judiciary’s making.
President Jacob Zuma certainly caught the attention of legal and political commentators when he addressed a judicial conference.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in January Syria’s President said his main objective was to address his people’s "closed mindedness".
SA is on the "verge" of joining dysfunctional states as the effects of corruption debilitate all spheres of life, a constitutional watchdog says.
For the first time since 1994, national government has invoked legislation and taken over the running of a provincial education department.
The Icasa Amendment Bill is an attempt by the department of communications to bring Icasa directly under its control, says <b>Kate Skinner</b>.
President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has urged the high court in Pretoria to dismiss a bid to have the president prosecuted as it would be unconstitutional.
The Constitution was not a "miracle law" and should not be used to solve problems that we cannot solve ourselves, Professor Steven Friedman said.
The African National Congress (ANC) had not discussed presidential pardons with President Jacob Zuma, it said on Sunday.
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Responding to union calls for its nationalisation, the SA Reserve Bank pointed out that its independence was entrenched in the Constitution.
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Angola kicked off a public debate on Wednesday about a new Constitution that is likely to continue President José Eduardo dos Santos’s grip on power.
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Fudge, muddle and mediocrity are the emerging modus operandi for resolving tension between law and politics
FW de Klerk warned President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday against changing the Constitution to enable the government to rein in the powers of the provinces.
Zimbabwe on Wednesday launched efforts to write a new Constitution to pave the way to fresh elections, a key step in the country’s power-sharing pact.
Those who care about our constitutional democracy need to speak out and act now to protect the judicial role as one of its vital guardians.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said “one vote can win it” on the eve of Wednesday’s 2009 national and provincial general election.