An appeal panel has called for a tribunal to investigate both the judge president of the Western Cape division and his deputy on impeachable charges of misconduct
The president has 12 months to redraft the executive ethics code to compel the disclosure of all donations to campaigns for positions within political parties
The Western Cape high court heard extensive argument on Friday as to whether the suspended public protector could be returned to office
President says court attributed bias to him due to suspended public protector’s past conduct
The acting public protector says the claims by the suspended public protector’ that the Phala Phala investigation has stalled and that she had been denied access to documents for her impeachment inquiry are false
In a fractious exchange after he was denied a postponement, Mpofu told the chairman he should “chill” and his “day will come”
The official opposition says the high court was wrong to conclude that the suspension was rushed and tainted by bias
Independently filming and live-streaming sittings comes with a cost but the court is closing a window that showed up its critics and was good for transparency
MPs have heard that she spent R146.9-million defending her reports, with a third going to an obscure law firm
The prosecuting authority is expecting more attacks on prosecutors as more state capture cases are enrolled
A lack of coherence between government departments means little progress has been made in developing cannabis policy
Basani Baloyi testified she was shocked
He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act
Parties are bringing the motion in response to the Phala Phala scandal, two months after tabling another for his impeachment on the same grounds
The president’s evidence is not necessary to determine whether she is guilty of misconduct, the section 194 committee concludes
The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted
List of demands includes recognition of indigenous rights and the scrapping of apartheid racial classification as ‘coloured’
The prohibition in the Legal Practice Act did not amount to unfair discrimination because it sought to achieve a legitimate government objective of restricting a profession for citizens and permanent residents, the court held
This is an edited version of the Inaugural Arthur Chaskalson Memorial Lecture delivered at the Equal Education Law Centre
Judge Piet Koen has postponed the arms deal case again pending a pronouncement from the constitutional court on Zuma’s application for leave to appeal
Maya will be South Africa’s first female judge to hold the position and will now be in line, if tradition is followed, to succeed chief justice Raymond Zondo in 2024
The suspended public protector urged the Judicial Service Commission to investigate the incident further, saying the judges she named must be removed from the bench
In her interview for the position of deputy chief justice, the appellate court president said she tried to resolve woes in the general office that has delayed cases involving Jacob Zuma but faulted the office of the chief justice for not stepping in
Former president argues that SCA president Mandisa Maya misdirected herself when she dismissed his appeal
The reprieve came on the day the 18-month deadline to amend the Act to allow independent candidates to stand for the national and provincial legislatures expired
The high court said her second rescission application did nothing to suspend the operation of a court order, and stressed the importance of accountability of the public protector
The decision came despite inventive litigation launched by the public protector to stave off both suspension and a parliamentary impeachment inquiry
The well-respected Western Cape high court judge was named after the April interviews where the JSC overlooked David Unterhalter a third time
The government was given 12 months to amend the regulations and make them constitutionally compliant, but this process was delayed by a constitutional court challenge by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
The office of the chief justice said it was regrettable that SCA president Mandisa Maya was being blamed for the delay
The Special Investigating Unit countered that the concourt should not entertain a cynical attempt to claw back the millions made in the scandal
Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, appearing for parliament, said the message he received did not advantage his client and was no cause to suspend the impeachment inquiry against the public protector