The president says he wants to review the powers the Constitutional Court holds, saying judges had different views and were influenced by the media.
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/ 10 February 2012
A seat on the ConCourt bench should be the most sought-after honour in any judicial career, so why is a vacancy not attracting enough applications?
South African banks say that a bid to bolster basic human rights by reinterpreting the National Credit Act could endanger the entire credit industry.
Illegal occupiers of private properties are still being evicted without alternative accommodation arrangements despite a ConCourt ruling in December.
The ConCourt has ruled that parents of children who have been removed from their care will now have access to an automatic decision review.
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/ 10 January 2012
The Constitutional Court’s is due to confirm or reject of a high court ruling that some sections of the Children’s Act are unconstitutional.
Shortly before the 2002 Zimbabwean elections, Justices Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe was appointed to assess the issues relating to the elections
The Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling on Menzi Simelane was not a direct attack on Zuma, writes <b>Richard Calland</b>.
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/ 2 December 2011
Can an acting Constitutional Court judge who owes his or her once-off appointment to the president make an independent decision?
The Cabinet wants an independent review of decisions made by the Constitutional Court.
Good: the executive may learn something.
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/ 2 December 2011
Last week’s parliamentary vote for the Protection of State Information Bill shows us the country we could become.
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/ 1 December 2011
The City of Johannesburg will have to provide emergency housing for 86 people due to be evicted from a building earmarked for redevelopment in Berea.
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a preliminary hearing on a conflict of interest from a misconduct complaint against John Hlophe.
The ConCourt will on Tuesday hear an application related to a complaint against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe from three years ago.
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/ 27 November 2011
Judges criticised the ANC’s plan to assess the Constitutional Court’s judgments, according to a report on Sunday.
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/ 25 November 2011
Struggle veteran Mamphela Ramphele has sharply criticised Cabinet’s plans of a court review mechanism, saying it is harmful to SA’s democracy.
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/ 25 November 2011
The announcement by Cabinet that it would assess the judiciary is a poison for our democracy, writes <b>Mamphela Ramphele</b>.
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/ 25 November 2011
Government announced that it is going to assess the transformation of the judiciary, including the judgments of the Constitutional Court.
The Constitutional Court heard two key cases involving the Competition Commission that have major ramifications for the commission.
The DA has called Cabinet’s decision to assess the Constitutional Court’s judgments "one of the strangest proposals to date".
On the heels of threats to challenge the constitutionality of the secrecy Bill if enacted, the Cabinet says it wants ConCourt decisions "assessed".
Sisi Khampepe’s extended sick leave could leave the Constitutional Court without a quorum, possibly abandoning the John Hlophe misconduct hearing.
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/ 18 November 2011
At the heart of our constitutional order is what Etienne Mureinik famously referred to as "the culture of justification".
Arms activist Terry Crawford-Browne and President Jacob Zuma have agreed on a draft consent order pertaining to the court battle around the arms deal.
A complaint has been lodged with the Judicial Service Commission against Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.
The past few weeks have not been a happy time for the judiciary. None of these developments is of the judiciary’s making.
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/ 23 September 2011
It is now clear why President Jacob Zuma announced his planned commission of inquiry into the arms deal.
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/ 23 September 2011
President Jacob Zuma says he appointed a commission of inquiry into arms deal to prevent the Constitutional Court from taking charge of the matter.
Was Zuma’s ordering of the inquiry into the arms deal the start of a serious investigation or a move to avoid judicial scrutiny?
Three Constitutional Court judges have allegedly refused to sit on Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s misconduct case.
On his first day as chief justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, along with other judges, faced housing issues head on
President Jacob Zuma announces an inquiry in to the arms deal — but will it just be a "sweetheart commission"?