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
The hearing of the IEC’s appeal to the electoral court’s finding that Zuma was eligible for parliament saw a tense exchange between counsel and the bench
The former president’s legal team alleged a reasonable fear of bias but faced an uphill battle in persuading judges to recuse themselves from deciding if he is eligible for parliament
The former president has approached the apex court for leave to appeal the striking down of his bid to charge the prosecutor in his arms deal case
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has argued that the former president’s standing would erode the foundations of the constitutional order and the rule of law
The court’s reasoning for overturning the decision that the former president was not eligible to run for parliament rested on a misreading of law and case law, the electoral body argued
The treasury has not allocated additional resources to the court to deal with the likely increase in workload relating to the 2024 election
The boom in dispensaries and bud shops has seen traditional growers and sellers driven out of business while the government drags its feet
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
None of the four candidates for a vacancy at the apex court were in favour of merging it with the supreme court of appeal
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
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
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