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.
The threat of mass evictions has been lifted from residents of Cape Town’s Joe Slovo informal settlement.
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.
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.
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/ 24 December 2009
Kader Asmal has applied to join proceedings to set aside a JSC decision not to hold a hearing on the John Hlophe-Constitutional Court judges dispute.
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/ 14 October 2009
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a law that would have allowed mass evictions in KwaZulu-Natal was unconstitutional.
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/ 14 October 2009
Mpumalanga’s education department acted unlawfully when it forced Hoërskool Ermelo to become a parallel medium school, the Constitutional Court said.
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/ 11 October 2009
President Jacob Zuma has come in for criticism that his list of nominees for the Constitutional Court does not report a fair gender balance.
The Constitutional Court decided on Thursday that Johannesburg prepaid water meters are not illegal, as opponents of the devices have claimed.
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/ 30 September 2009
The president should be held accountable for a six-year delay in pardon applications by 384 jailed IFP members, the Constitutional Court ruled.
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/ 25 September 2009
The JSC has a mountain to climb to restore its reputation and all it has managed to do so far is limit further damage.
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/ 22 September 2009
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe did not make the JSC’s shortlist of seven judges for four posts on the Constitutional Court.
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/ 21 September 2009
Judge President Hlophe said he would “love” to be part of the Constitutional Court during his interview for a post on the bench by the JSC on Sunday.
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/ 5 September 2009
Gauteng Judge President Bernard Ngoepe has come out of the conservative closet with his recent critique of the Constitutional Court’s liberal history.
The Judicial Service Commission on Friday dismissed the dispute between Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and the Constitutional Court.