Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability
This move comes after allegations that the initial deliberations to fill two vacancies at the apex court were compromised by blatant politicking
The former president needs extensive emergency treatment that is overdue because of this legal woes, according to a certificate filed to the Pietermaritzburg high court
While the Constitutional Court has agreed that certain sections of the Equality Act are unconstitutional, it has decided the issue of whether Jon Qwelane was guilty of hate speech
A report by former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke opens the possibility of a postponement
The IEC has accepted former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke’s recommendation to postpone the vote to February, but still needs Constitutional Court approval to do so
The court also found that the term hurtful should be excised from the Equality Act in that it did not meet the justification threshold in the Constitution and gave Parliament 24 months to do so
The Zuma family also urged people to continue to desist from destroying infrastructure, adding that it opposed the arrest of Ngizwe Mchunu
Civilians working together signals the possible germination of a deeply embedded democratic culture where ethnicity no longer divides
A country is in flames. Two of its top men square off to say everything and nothing
Judge Cassim Sardiwalla says there are no compelling private or public reasons for disclosure
Judge Piet Koen granted the former president’s application for a postponement but will only decide in August whether to grant an order that a virtual hearing would be inconsistent with Zuma’s rights
There will be no state of emergency, but authorities are working to bring instigators of the week’s violence to book, the president said on Friday night
Supporters have stood by Jacob Zuma through scandal after scandal. Some have stayed loyal to him and others have turned their backs
The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members
Mpofu’s argument that Zuma was denied his constitutional rights by apex court’s prison sentence for contempt shot down as ‘absurd’
The former president’s counsel argued that the Constitutional Court could not have the first and final word on Zuma’s fate and further, failed to afford him all his rights
The military has been asked to step in as violence and looting continues across KZN and Gauteng
The former president’s application to have his sentence rescinded fails the textbook tests for rescission and sees him persist in the contempt that resulted in a 15-month prison term, the commission argues
Party leaders say the current ANC president will not be tainted by the incarceration of Jacob Zuma
Our most ‘gangster’ ex-president chooses jail over testifying at Zondo. Our columnist – not half as hard – picks the jab over Covid
The former president’s case fell ‘like a house of cards’ because he approached the high court, which cannot interfere with a constitutional court order
By the early hours of Thursday morning, Jacob Zuma was on one side of a cell door and the country he corrupted on the other. There is cause for reflection on both sides
In the absence of any ruling amending that of the apex court, the police minister and commissioner risked being in contempt too if they failed to detain the former president to begin serving his 15-month sentence
The former president is not assured that the high court will find that it has the power to stay the execution of the warrant of his arrest. Even if in turning to the apex court, he is directing himself to the right court at last, it is not clear that it can assist him either
The former president’s application for rescission is a bid to distort the law and the facts of the matter that earned him a 15-month sentence for contempt, the commission secretary said
The Pietermaritzburg high court has reserved judgment on the former president’s urgent application to stay his warrant of arrest, leaving it moot whether the police will respect a deadline by the apex court to take him into custody before midnight on Wednesday
Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court
But the ANC’s national executive committee also said the interests of an individual cannot take precedence over the rule of law
The police minister and commissioner argue that they should not enforce the arrest warrant for the former president while he tries to have his sentence set aside
The Zondo commission is arguing that the high court has no jurisdiction over the warrant for his arrest or his claim that his constitutional rights have been violated
Prime minister to Zulu monarch says amabutho acted without permission of royal family