Public protector accuses the constitutional court of ignoring alleged wrongdoing by its members
The public protector is attempting to use an alleged leak on the rescission decision to undermine the ruling – and the highest court in the land
Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants the process halted pending an investigation she has demanded the constitutional court conducts into an obscure text message — and is trying to dictate the terms of it
The embattled public protector has also again petitioned the constitutional court on the subject of the message, which she claims suggest the outcome of her rescission application was leaked
But observers said the damage was done, delaying impeachment proceedings and providing more ammunition for political attack on the apex court
The high court postponed the public protector’s bid to stem her suspension after a text message that would suggest, if legitimate, that constitutional court judges were leaking decisions
The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing
In arguing that the retired judge fell foul of the judicial code of conduct when he criticised her misreading of the executive ethics code, Mkhwebane risks misreading the rules again
The president cautions that the courts cannot interfere with his constitutional power to suspend the public protector
The National Prosecuting Authority has argued that the former president’s latest legal arguments are designed to delay his trial
The fraught interview carried an echo of the controversy over former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s religious pronoucements after members of the JSC cited extracts from Madondo’s writings on the biblical view on homosexuality
His third unsuccessful candidacy raises the spectre of a legal review and case law dictates that the JSC can be compelled to give reasons for failing to appoint a qualified candidate
The esteemed jurist had to apologise for failing to recuse himself on an application for leave to appeal to the constitutional court, sinking his hopes of a permanent position at the court
In interviews with candidates for the constitutional court, issues of race, gender and transformation featured but did not crowd out questions on points of law
The organisation notes complaints against Mpofu following the interviews with candidates for chief justice and set out guidelines of fairness, but said he was not treated fairly within its own ranks
A group of Zimbabweans challenging their exclusion from the bar say their home is here, and it is populist opportunism to use unemployment figures to keep their their lives in limbo
The president took his time to announce the country’s new chief justice. What took him so long, and did he make the best choice?
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The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
Constitutional court ruling enables people in opposite-sex life partnerships to inherit from their deceased partner, even if they haven’t left a valid will
Service delivery will be significantly reduced if the state is forced to honour the 2018 wage agreement, the constitutional court found
A portion of the government’s revenue overrun, the result of the commodity boom, will be used to pay provincial employees
The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law
The ANC women’s league heard calls for it to be disbanded and for Bathabile Dlamini to step aside during its national working committee meeting last week.
Should the court deny leave to appeal, it is unlikely to be end of a legal strategy openly described by the state as one of continual delay
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not bound by the recommendation put forth on Saturday by the JSC for the new chief justice
The recommendation is not binding on President Cyril Ramaphosa but the legal community says it would be difficult to ignore, given its historic import and ruling party backing
To survive our many problems we require creative thinking, with integrity; not vulgar populism as a blunt tool to capture power and glory
The chairperson of the state capture commission and acting chief justice said he had no bias in favour of the president or any against his predecessor, but proceeded on the basis of evidence, without thought as to whether it could deny him the post of chief justice
The concourt ruled that parliament could proceed with the impeachment process of Busisiwe Mkhwebane, but that she was also entitled to legal representation
The acting chief justice suggested, in his interview with the Judicial Service Commission for the post of chief justice, that the next round of interviews in April with candidates would be an opportunity to do so
The Gauteng judge president’s words turned prophetic as he came under sustained political attack in his interview for the post of chief justice