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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.
And start singing of counter-revolutionary judges.
President Jacob Zuma has heaped praise on new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for maintaining a "dignified silence" during an onslaught.
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.
Two recent judgments reflect a deeply divided Constitutional Court voice. And it’s worrying.
A Gauteng community’s appeal to the Constitutional Court has turned the spotlight on the need for municipalities to consult when evicting squatters.
Hawks ‘insufficiently insulated from
political interference’, says Concourt
The Constitutional Court, in a landmark judgment opened up space for miners suffering from compensatable diseases.
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/ 3 September 2010
The Constitutional Court has delivered what amounts to a highly unusual reprimand to a High Court judge.
The proposed constitutional amendment to the length of the terms of Constitutional Court judges is likely to prove a controversial change.
The Constitutional Court will hear an application by the <i>Citizen</i> on whether it’s defamatory to refer to Robert McBride’s apartheid-era crimes.
The Constitutional Court’s decision that victims or their families have a right to make representations to the president should be celebrated.
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/ 24 February 2010
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for holding the nation’s first public same-sex wedding.