Council For The Advancement Of The South African Constitution
latest news & developments
Parliament postpones Judicial Services Commission vote after John Hlophe is nominated
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
MK party’s boycott threat is legal nonsense
Parliament can proceed to elect the president without the party’s 58 MPs present
Zondo moots constitutional amendment
The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications
Freedom Under Law accuses JSC of flouting court order on supreme court of appeal vacancies
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
The trouble with the JSC and the Concourt
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
NPA must move fast for SA to escape grey list’s grasp
The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to act on state capture crimes but whether it has the ability to do so has been questioned
Where are the anti-racism accountability bodies?
The field of such NGOs is crowded but who and what are they holding to account and who are they mollycoddling?
Concourt gives parliament until December to amend Electoral Act
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
Ingonyama Trust Board wins right of leave to appeal
Argument against the residential leases programme court ruling will be heard at the supreme court of appeal
Zondo keeps JSC interviews decorous after reiterating old criteria
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
Zondo commission asks for two-month extension on final report deadline
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
Zondo opposes calls to change judicial appointment process
The acting chief justice acknowledged calls for reform after the recent forced rerun of interviews for aspirant apex court judges
Casac demands record of deliberations on ConCourt candidates
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…
JSC interviews for ConCourt, round two: better process, same outcome
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo protected the integrity of the process after it descended into politicking in April
Vaccine mandate quandary heading to court, Concourt candidate predicts
Alan Dobson SC says a legislating vaccine mandates would have to be weighed against various constitutional provisions and was likely to see legal challenge