In its new report, Freedom Under Law says the caseload of the apex court has tripled, leading to delayed judgments that negatively affect public confidence in the judiciary
Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to stop using ‘Stalingrad tactics’ to delay the long-running arms deal corruption trial, ruling that the case must proceed despite pending appeals
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal
The party says parliament must immediately establish an impeachment committee to consider the panel’s findings on President Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa cannot afford to have a president who is occupying office while being clouded by an impeachment process, the EFF leader says
The Bar will invoke the cab-rank rule, which generally requires counsel to accept a brief in a field where they practise, even when they dislike the client or cause. Yet the rule allows refusal where conflicts, competence, availability, improper instructions, fee issues or other special circumstances arise
The Constitutional Court will rule on whether parliament acted lawfully when it rejected a Section 89 panel report recommending an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal
If we are to honour our freedom, we must also stand in sympathy with our neighbours, whose struggles remind us that democracy is never guaranteed. Their pain must be felt as our own and their hopes embraced as part of our shared destiny
The political parties are calling for judges to undergo lifestyle audits, citing accountability concerns, judicial overreach and the delayed Phala Phala judgment
When institutions lack the capacity, coordination or accountability required to implement such programmes, the distance between constitutional promise and everyday reality inevitably widens
Following this judgment, it’s more important than ever that anyone getting married, whether in a traditional ceremony, at the magistrate’s court or in church, should consult an attorney to help explain the options and draft a legally binding agreement that will suit the couple’s particular circumstances
The same structural failures that sustain the HIV epidemic also sustain tuberculosis
The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation
The Constitutional Court will hear challenges to the National Health Insurance Act from 5 to 7 May 2026
At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable condition at 73. He asks what happens when the generation who fought for life finally get to grow old
Even the court’s own critics and annual reports acknowledge that prolonged delays erode public confidence, yet this matter now stands at more than four times the prescribed period
Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red
EFF leader Julius Malema faces a major setback in his presidential ambitions after he was convicted on firearm charges, threatening his
political future
The concourt’s decision extends equality in that men can now take their wives’ surnames, but not everyone agrees that this move is liberating
By centring consent in the definition of rape, the law makes the survivor’s state of mind the battleground instead of focusing on the perpetrator’s actions, including their use of force or coercion
As President Hakainde Hichilema lays his groundwork for Zambia’s 2026 election, a disputed outcome appears almost inevitable
The apex court has given clarity to the meaning of ‘duty of proper consideration’
The commission says the case highlights the difficulty of prosecuting global and domestic cartels that exploit legal loopholes to delay proceedings
Jacob Zuma’s daughter has argued that the charges against her are motivated by the current regime ‘settling political scores’ with her father
The MK party had gone to the apex court to challenge Ramaphosa’s handling of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s suspension, accusing him of shielding allies
The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional
The commission is yet to secure premises, finalise rules and consult witnesses for the six-month inquiry into criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system
The police minister has said that the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s statements about him took him by surprise
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