These included 9 859 cases relating to sexual abuse reported in all nine provinces
The Economic Freedom Fighters insist on the use of the struggle song as a rallying cry ahead of the polls
This rendered it immune to high court review, he argues in an application for leave to appeal an order to hand over the reasons for his decision
The constitutional court found that section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act is unconstitutional as it infringes the right to citizenship and, consequentially, other constitutional rights.
The ANC secretary general said the ANC would not water it down to ‘Kiss the Boer’, nor would it prescribe to other parties what they must sing
A constitutional challenge to the Mandatory Minimum Sentences Regime and the Criminal Law Amendment Act aims to show that these Acts fail to consider the effects of prolonged violence against women by an intimate partner
‘Nil compensation’ in the Expropriation Act is a legally and constitutionally sound tool that parliament has chosen to use to achieve legitimate governmental ends
From parliament’s rejection of the Phala Phala report to the president’s signing of the NHI Act, the courts are again due to pronounce on consequential political acts
The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993
ATM president Vuyo Zungula believes the so-called progressive caucus will survive the tensions between the two parties
The stakes are high in the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF’s) bid to compel the National Assembly to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa on charges flowing from the theft of foreign currency concealed at his farm.
The president’s lawyers counter that the Economic Freedom Fighter’s Phala Phala case is rooted in politics, not law
New legislation could be brought before parliament in the coming session
The former public protector has asked the court for leave to challenge the dismissal of a moot appeal and to rebuke judges for criticism of Dali Mpofu
The Judicial Complaints Commission has elevated itself far above the Constitution
Judge Susannah Cowen said South Africa was waiting for land justice and the constitutional court should lead the way
The impeached judge and uMkhonto weSizwe party MP said he would turn to the high court to challenge his removal from the bench
A dearth of candidates has repeatedly left the Judicial Service Commission unable to fill a post created by the retirement of Justice Sisi Khampepe
In succeeding Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, the former appellate court president will become the first woman to head the judiciary
The party argues that the ANC was wrong about the law when it saw no legal impediment to his appointment
The president’s decision to remove him from the bench was flawed, Motata said, because the National Assembly was misled when it took a vote that triggered this step
The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC
He is turning to politics months after he was impeached by the legislature for trying to influence judges in Jacob Zuma’s favour
The court said the party’s 11th hour application was without merit
The party argues that the May vote was marred by material irregularities and demands a rerun within 90 days
The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
Cyril Ramaphosa’s counsel has countered that the case is stillborn because the National Assembly had a right to reject the findings of the Ngcobo panel
It faced budget cuts, the burden of an amended electoral system and a legal challenge from Jacob Zuma
The minister confronted the future deputy president of the SCA on the electoral court’s overturned judgment on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility for parliament
The deputy chief justice also called for the court to be allowed to sit in panels and for full administrative and financial independence for the judiciary
The apex court held that his 15-month sentence disqualified him in terms of the Constitution and that the remission of the jail term did not alter that fact
The court wants the parties’ views, by Tuesday, on whether IEC commissioner Janet Love should have recused herself from the decision on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility