John Hlophe made various demands of the JSC when it reconvened on Wednesday and threatened a court interdict to stop the hearing if they were not met.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s appeal to the Constitutional Court could result in a recusal of the judges who laid the complaint against him.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe will take his challenge to the complaint against him to the Constitutional Court, his lawyer confirmed on Wednesday.
WC judge president, together with 13 judges of the Constitutional Court, faces an unprecedented court-style inquiry into allegations of misconduct.
A group of Jo’burg flat dwellers will hear on Thursday whether they have succeeded in their court challenge against a decision to evict them.
There was neither a factual nor legal basis for a high court finding that John Hlophe’s rights had been violated, the SCA heard on Monday.
The media is allowed to report on details of divorce proceedings, but will need a court’s permission to use the name of the parties involved.
ANC chief Jacob Zuma and his party have won the first round in their Constitutional Court battle to prove the NPA acted unlawfully in prosecuting him.
South Africa’s highest court ruled on Thursday that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in the country’s general election next month.
South Africans should never again be denied the right to vote, the Freedom Front Plus said in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
The Constitutional Court will on Wednesday hear arguments on the right to vote for South Africans living abroad.
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/ 23 February 2009
Nine Supreme Court of Appeal judges will sit on an appeal against a high court judgement in favour of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 13 February 2009
The election date could change pending the outcome of a Constitutional Court hearing on citizens voting abroad, analysts said on Friday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced the elections will be held on April 22 2009, but there is a court application to delay voting.
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/ 10 February 2009
It will be a ”logistical nightmare” for the IEC to prepare for elections if expats are allowed to vote, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 4 February 2009
The African National Congress on Wednesday confirmed that it would join Jacob Zuma in his legal battle as friends of the court.
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/ 3 February 2009
The Constitutional Court has received the full set of papers required for ANC president Jacob Zuma’s application, a court official said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Cape Judge President John Hlophe has gone back to work despite an injunction from the justice minister to stay away, a media report said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 February 2009
The Constitutional Court rejected the electronic filing of Zuma’s latest court appeal and is still waiting for a hard copy version, an official said.
Judge President John Hlophe has returned to
work, stirring controversy and speculation, write
Nic Dawes and Sello S Alcock.
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/ 21 January 2009
The Constitutional Court has ruled against a number of people trying to prevent their extradition either to or from the United States.
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/ 17 December 2008
Judge Leona Theron’s steadfastness and energy make her stand out, writes Sello S Alcock.
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/ 11 December 2008
The ANC on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate the 12 by-elections their candidates were excluded from in the Western Cape.
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/ 21 November 2008
The Judicial Service Commission on Thursday released the shortlist of candidates to be interviewed for the Constitutional Court seat due to be vacated
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/ 18 November 2008
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday postponed a hearing on the fate of Moutse’s possible return to Mpumalanga from Limpopo.
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/ 14 November 2008
A court has reserved judgement in appeals over its ruling on allegations made by Constitutional Court judges about Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 14 November 2008
Retired Constitutional Court Judge Johann Kriegler gives his view on Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling on the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma.
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/ 12 November 2008
The Constitutional Court has dismissed ousted president Thabo Mbeki’s application to oppose a high court ruling that ultimately cost him his job.
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/ 10 November 2008
A court will on Tuesday hear argument on whether the SA government should have provided diplomatic protection to a SA citizen who had land taken away.
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/ 29 October 2008
Jacob Zuma has applied to have Thabo Mbeki’s appeal against ”certain findings” by Judge Chris Nicholson struck from the Constitutional Court roll.
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/ 27 October 2008
The Judicial Service Commission will be
re-advertising the position, writes Sello S Alcock.
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/ 23 October 2008
Businessman Hugh Glenister has thrown in the towel, but is hopeful that someone else will pick up his challenge to the scrapping of the Scorpions.