The boom in dispensaries and bud shops has seen traditional growers and sellers driven out of business while the government drags its feet
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The electoral commission said its application for leave to appeal was urgent because the outcome would affect the choice millions of voters make in May
The former president has told his supporters that the electoral commission has nothing to do with who becomes the president of the country, their job is to ensure that people vote
These kinds of amendments are regressive and driven by political expediency for short-term gains
The Judicial Service Commission could not find the requisite four candidates after interviews notable for the justice minister’s eagerness to merge the court with the supreme court of appeal
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None of the four candidates for a vacancy at the apex court were in favour of merging it with the supreme court of appeal
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Professor David Bilchitz said the state should not be able to claim a lack of resources prevented it from providing a minimum of food and shelter
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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 Springboks may have won the World Cup by being quiet, but that does not mean we must
Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment
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The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications
The electoral commission’s decision will weed out the one-man-and-a-TikTok-account parties clogging up the ballot paper
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The deputy chief justice is now likely to become the first woman to head the South African judiciary
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The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
The court’s decision means the ruling party remains compelled to hand over its deployment records to the Democratic Alliance
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The unsettling reality of Biowatch principle neglect in lower courts imperils the constitutional integrity of South Africa
Provisions in the Refugees Act introduced in January 2020 struck down for violating a number of fundamental rights
But the court concurred that there was not sufficient argument to alter lMPs’ contested split between provincial and proportional votes
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A majority judgment held that the stipulation was unconstitutional and reduced it to a 10th of the number stipulated by the new electoral act
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The 2024 election will be the first time independent candidates will be allowed to run for office
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
The former former Paralympian was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013
The measure cannot guarantee independency of the entity because it fails to address the reliance of the National Prosecuting Authority itself on the justice ministry
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said he had discussed setting a date between May and August with the president
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
The official opposition has accused the ruling party of playing for time after it was ordered to release the record of decision-making on public service appointments
‘Onerous’ signature and deposit requirements prevent access for independents and new parties
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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
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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It wants the apex court to set limitations on the right to receive and report on leaked information in the public interest
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