Judgment has been reserved in the Khayelitsha inquiry matter as judges mull over whether the commission should be given the power to subpoena police.
The Film and Publications Board will wait til end of August to decide on contesting the Appeal Committee decision to unban the film, Of Good Report.
When adopting policies, school governors should do it in partnership with the Constitution.
Former chief justice Pius Langa has passed away at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.
But the Constitutional Court is divided on how the government intervened to protect these rights.
Two Free State school governing bodies must review their current pregnancy policies, the Constitutional Court has ruled.
The Constitutional Court has upheld convicted drug dealer Frank Nabolisa’s appeal to have an increased sentence scrapped.
In a case before the ConCourt, critics say consensual teen sex has been criminalised.
The SA Catholics Bishops’ Conference a has joined calls for President Jacob Zuma to refer the controversial Bill to the Constitutional Court.
The presidency has announced that advocate Mbuyiseli Madlanga has been appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
The Constitutional Court has refused Western Cape education MEC Donald Grant leave to appeal a decision to keep 17 schools in the province open.
Concourt overturns earlier judgments, saying that non-restitution must be the exception not the rule.
It appears that the Constitutional Court is divided between the customary and the constitutional when it comes to the Traditional Courts Bill.
The ConCourt is considering whether education heads of department have the right to overturn unconstitutional school governing bodies’ policy.
Controversial advocate Jeremy Gauntlett was ignored again by the Judicial Service Commission when he was the candidate culled from the list of five.
With criticism about an all-male candidates list ringing in its ears, the Judicial Service Commission will interview candidates in Johannesburg.
The Constitutional Court has a growing collection of art, which was started by former judges Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro on a budget of R10 000.
"As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, it is harder to judge oneself – and one may add, the fruits of one’s labours – than to judge others."
When judges make key decisions, what fidelity do they owe to the normative framework of the Constitution?
For all the talk of the imperative of strict compliance with section 174(2) of the Constitution when it comes to gender only lip service is paid.
Justice Zak Yacoob is retiring from the court, but not the overarching democratic project. Niren Tolsi spoke to him.
Last year ended with a flourish of judgments that tested the line between law and politics.
Controversial advocate Jeremy Gauntlett has been named as one of five candidates for appointment as a Constitutional Court judge, say reports.
The state should only use public funds to put its view across if the media fails to do so, says Jacques du Preez.
The Democratic Alliance will no longer be pushing for the parliamentary debate on the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
The past two weeks have focused attention on the failure of our political system to resolve political disputes and a consequent rush to litigation.
Former chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Arthur Chaskalson, has been laid to rest in a small, official funeral.
President Zuma has sent condolences to the family of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson who passed away in Johannesburg.
The National Council of Provinces gave its stamp of approval to the Protection of State Information Bill when it adopted the final draft.
The ConCourt heard of register rigging at the Free State ANC’s provincial conference, and must decide if the decisions made there were unlawful.
The ConCourt has dismissed an application to appeal an SCA ruling regarding the validity of a land contract between a municipality and Giant Concerts.
Judge has warned of the danger of politicising courts, even though the motion is of national interest, writes Andisiwe Makinana.