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
The deputy chief justice is now likely to become the first woman to head the South African judiciary
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
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
A majority judgment held that the stipulation was unconstitutional and reduced it to a 10th of the number stipulated by the new electoral act
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