The Judicial Service Commission did not near finality on the matter on Friday and the matter was postponed to the next available date
Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened
Goodleaf has announced a major transaction with Highlands Investments, one of the first and largest growers of cannabis in Lesotho
The former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew
Sources inside the talks said the NWC decided to take a safer option and exhaust all internal processes while it investigated a charge of misconduct against the defiant party leader
But Afriforum’s business wing says the finance minister is playing the race card
The chief justice has effectively vacated office five months early as he appeals an adverse finding on his pro-Israel stance and faces criticism from the legal fraternity over his chairing of Judicial Service Commission interviews
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The former president’s application to remove Billy Downer as prosecutor comes as he runs out of road in more than one legal battle
The constitution does protect faith — but not beyond what is reasonable
Mantashe says it was part of the top six’s instructions to the Free State provincial leadership to file an intent to appeal its dissolution
The Judicial Service Commission deferred a decision on whether to suspend the Western Cape judge president. He was present, but mostly silent candidates were interviewed for the division
The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption
The Judicial Service Commission said in a letter to the Cape Bar that the judge president would participate in interviews of aspirant judges in his division
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
The chief justice played into the hands of Julius Malema at a point at which the judiciary is weathering a political onslaught that too shall pass
A candidate for the Northern Cape bench lucidly explained in reply to the Gauteng Judge President that bribing a judge is a lottery you are bound to lose
Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]
Judges Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, Jody Kollapen and Bashier Vally complete the list, while Dhaya Pillay fails to make the cut
The recent ruling is a step in the right direction, but it creates an arbitrary separation as to who is legally seen as human
The Western Cape judge president has rejected the report by a judicial tribunal that lays the groundwork for his impeachment
The judge, who has been singled out by former president Jacob Zuma for attack, faced scrutiny over her friendship with Pravin Gordhan
Acting Constitutional Court Justice Rammaka Mathopo told the JSC it was ‘remiss’ that female and black lawyers were still underrepresented
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal found that the Western Cape Judge President was on a mission to sway constitutional court judges
The protest is reportedly in response to the ANC’s step-aside decision that affects the likes of Ace Magashule and other party heavyweights
The court has given Cash Paymaster Services 15 days to provide all documents that will allow the treasury to calculate the sum it needs to refund the social security agency
The Western Cape high court has found that Speaker Thandi Modise applied her mind when rejecting the ATM’s demand
The former president’s latest invective came after the Constitutional Court heard argument from the Zondo commission that he must be jailed for aggravated contempt
Zondo commission’s legal counsel tells top court a suspended sentence would allow the former president to run rings around the inquiry — again
While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage
The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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