The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications
The failure by the Judicial Service Commission, an organisation chaired by the chief justice, risked undermining respect for the rule of law, the group said
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
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The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned
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The field of such NGOs is crowded but who and what are they holding to account and who are they mollycoddling?
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
Argument against the residential leases programme court ruling will be heard at the supreme court of appeal
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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
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Commission says that although it worked hard to meet the 30 December deadline, more work is still needed and it has ample funds to continue until February
The acting chief justice acknowledged calls for reform after the recent forced rerun of interviews for aspirant apex court judges
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution again has reservations about how the JSC selected the five names forwarded to the president, after it forced a repeat of interviews first held in April
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo protected the integrity of the process after it descended into politicking in April
Alan Dobson SC says a legislating vaccine mandates would have to be weighed against various constitutional provisions and was likely to see legal challenge
Jerome Ngwenya acted without authority, LRC says
Casac has launched an unprecedented bid to have the politics-laden interview process to fill vacancies at the apex court started from scratch
About R90-million collected in residential lease fees must be paid back to people living on ITB land
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution argues that politicking tainted the Judicial Service Commission’s selection process
The former president failed to file papers or indicate whether he intended to proceed with the matter after his lawyers withdrew
The chief justice has effectively vacated office five months early as he appeals an adverse finding on his pro-Israel stance and faces criticism from the legal fraternity over his chairing of Judicial Service Commission interviews
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Customary law and residents’ customary rights have been degraded, the high court has heard