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"?
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/ 15 September 2011
Ekurhuleni has defended its attempt to remove residents from the Bapsfontein informal settlement without a court order, claiming it was an evacuation.
President Jacob Zuma has heaped praise on new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for maintaining a "dignified silence" during an onslaught.
And start singing of counter-revolutionary judges.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> has learnt from sources within the JSC that voting went in favour of supporting President Jacob Zuma’s nomination.
JSC member Koos van der Merwe has asked chief justice nominee Mogoeng Mogoeng to withdraw his acceptance of the nomination.
President Jacob Zuma’s chief justice candidate is haunted by rulings that downplay domestic violence.
The Freedom Front Plus has called on President Jacob Zuma to submit more nominations for the appointment of a new chief justice.
Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has told the Judicial Service Commission that he is not a nominee for the position of chief justice.
The advocate who introduced the two men says the chief justice nomination should be declined.
Many of SA’s elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
Last week the Constitutional Court proved that it sometimes feels the pressure of the political context in which it exists.
South Africans deserve a rigorous examination of all the candidates and substantial reasons why Ngcobo’s successor was chosen. Democracy demands it.
The contest is on to find a new chief justice. <b>Sipho McDermott</b> and <b>Ilham Rawoot</b> line up who is on the cards.
Did Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo know that his colleagues would rule within two days on whether the law relied on by the president was constitutional?
The Constitutional Court will have to decide whether the president’s extension of their boss Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s tenure is valid or not.
Commentators on the judiciary and presidency regularly rely on the reassuring expression that our Constitution "is the most progressive in the world".
The legal challenge to the extension of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term of office is as unnecessary as it is unfair.
Seven of the 11 sitting judges of the Constitutional Court would be in conflict and unable to hear an appeal from Judge John Hlophe.
Judgment reserved in Jacob Zuma’s last attempt to conceal judges’ assessment of 2002 election
The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the Municipal Demarcation Board in a court case that could have delayed the municipal election.
Presidential power to extend the chief justice’s term undermines independence.
Judge President John Hlophe is likely to face a fresh inquiry by the JSC into allegations that he tried to influence judges of the Concourt.
The threat of mass evictions has been lifted from residents of Cape Town’s Joe Slovo informal settlement.