Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was vindicated by the Constitutional Court on Thursday regarding her 2014 Nkandla report.
The Mail & Guardian has tracked down the bizarre comments made by the president’s staunchest defenders to explain his Nkandla ‘fire pool’.
Following the release of her report on Nkandla, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was ridiculed and abused by ANC members.
The ANC, Public Protector and various political figures responded the Constitutional Court’s judgment on Thursday.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said on Thursday that the NA’s resolution to set aside the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla is invalid.
In a unanimous Constitutional Court judgment, the Chief Justice said: "The president failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution."
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has said that the remedial action taken by the public protector against President Zuma had a binding effect.
The Constitutional Court will today pass judgment regarding Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home. Here’s what that will entail.
Once the case got to the Constitutional Court Zuma had to concede almost at once. This battle of Stalingrad was over.
Speaking at his Unisa graduation ceremony on Wednesday, EFF leader Julius Malema predicted the Constitutional Court would rule against the president.
The Concourt has reserved judgment on the EFF and DA’s application that President Zuma be ordered to pay back some of the money spent on Nkandla.
President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has conceded that the Public Protector’s findings were binding and her report on Nkandla ‘has to be complied with’.
In a majority ruling, the Constitutional Court has ruled that Legal Aid SA’s case was moot, and that its appeal had no prospects of success.
The Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela community will hold the legal rights to land they were deprived of during apartheid after seven years of litigation.
The refugee reception office in Port Elizabeth will have to be reopened, following a court ruling this week.
Sticking points, such as the decriminalisation of sex between children aged 12 to 16, have seen the amendment Bill go a month over deadline.
The Constitutional Court must indeed rule on the matter of doctor-assisted dying, if only because of the need for a national rule.
The ConCourt has ruled that state organs, as employers, have to take over the employment contracts of workers – if a contract or tender is cancelled.
Three acting Constitutional Court judges have been appointed, with women in the majority.
The DA has hailed the ConCourt ruling as a victory for freedom of expression, while the ANC sees it as a reaffirmation that the message was opinion.
Despite Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s reasons the Helen Suzman Foundation insist it is unconstitutional for him to suspend the head of the Hawks.
The exact circumstances behind the suspension of the head of the priority crimes unit, Anwa Dramat, and other officials are still painfully unclear.
A court has ruled that a mother, representing her child, can now apply to claim damages for alleged negligent prenatal misdiagnosis of her child.
The law governing those deemed unfit to stand trial is being taken to the Constitutional Court.
The Constitutional Court says the police must investigate all crimes against humanity brought to their notice.
Advocates For Transformation has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the SAPS’ employment equity plan.
Clerks assigned to judges in the ConCourt remember their service with reverence and awe.
Instead of becoming a paediatrician, he chose to fight for human rights.
Constitutional Hill will host an emotional reunion between former prisoners at the Old Fort Women’s Gaol and their wardens.
Years after disbanding the Scorpions, courts are still grappling with the consequences. And the highest court seems unamused at the state of play.
Forget the botched lease deal. This is the story of the botched career of a woman who could have been great, writes Verashni Pillay.
IEC chairperson Pansy Thakula has applied to the Constitutional Court against her proposed dismissal, which followed a public protector report.