Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has been unable to explain the specific challenges to South Africans that necessitate a new assessment of the judiciary.
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said the government will commission a study on how ConCourt rulings have impacted on the law, the state and citizens.
The ruling party’s idea of reviewing the powers of the Constitutional Court has induced panic.
When the president speaks of reviewing the powers of the court, he can only mean one thing — that this power of review should be curtailed.
Reckless attacks on the judiciary raise the worrying spectre of a retreat from constitutional democracy.
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/ 17 February 2012
No spin can obscure what we saw of the president’s real intentions for the judiciary in general and the Constitutional Court in particular.
Four months before its policy conference, the ANC has made it clear that it intends to push for a radical transformation of the judiciary.
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/ 14 February 2012
A mix-up at the Post Office might change the way companies foreclose on those in debt, following a Constitutional Court hearing in Johannesburg.
Legal experts have warned that tampering with the powers of the Constitutional Court equates to a fundamental change in South Africa’s democracy.
The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Tuesday on whether defaulting debtors must receive notice before action is brought against them.
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.