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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.
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/ 23 October 2008
Businessman Hugh Glenister’s crusade to save the Scorpions was dealt a double blow on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court and the Cape High Court.
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/ 22 October 2008
The Constitutional Court has refused Hugh Glenister leave to appeal against a Pretoria High Court decision regarding the fate of the Scorpions.
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/ 17 October 2008
You can’t have it both ways, Mbeki tells Zuma in Concourt papers. Adriaan Basson reports.
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/ 15 October 2008
Deputy registrar and legal adviser Paul Ngobeni is facing university disciplinary action for his support of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 14 October 2008
Sello S Alcock asks Kate O’Regan about her tenure at the Constitutional Court.
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/ 12 October 2008
Only four judges remain in the race to replace retiring Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele Madala.
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/ 11 October 2008
Cape Judge President John Hlophe wants R10-million in damages from the Constitutional Court.
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/ 10 October 2008
The Constitutional Court filed papers in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday to appeal the latter’s ruling on Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 10 October 2008
New Justice Minister Enver Surty on Friday vowed he would not ”cross the line” and interfere with the duties of the National Prosecuting Authority.
I hate to tell the Constitutional Court judges ”I told you so!”
Pretoria High Court Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann has withdrawn from the race to succeed Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele Madala.
Thabo Mbeki had ample opportunity to join proceedings to defend himself against inferences of political meddling, say papers filed in court.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA prosecutors on Tuesday filed an application to appeal against a ruling that dismissed corruption charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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/ 29 September 2008
The Judicial Service Commission will deal with the Constitutional Court’s complaint against Judge John Hlophe in mid-October.
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/ 28 September 2008
One of the first hot potatoes President Kgalema Motlanthe will have to handle is the choice of the 18th judge of the Constitutional Court.