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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The former president is probably correct in believing he will never serve another day in prison but he has shaken faith in the justice system
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The former president will return home once his treatment is complete, his foundation said after a concourt decision made plain he must return to prison
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
The apex court said there was no evidence that the president acted in a way that exposed him to a conflict of interest between his official duties and private interests
The former Mozambican finance minister will stand trial in New York for his alleged central role in a debt scandal that triggered a sovereign default
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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
Two US citizens linked to ultraconservative nonprofits are key partners behind Uganda’s new anti-gay law, which sets the death penalty for homosexuals
Replacement labour, which stands to prolong industrial action and lockouts, undermines the right to strike