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
The ex-president will be imprisoned for contempt of court, like a local Al Capone. Whether the NPA pursues state capture charges remains to be seen
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The former president’s lawyers on Friday gave notice that they would be bringing urgent application in both the apex and high courts
The fact that the ANC’s rule 25.7 may have been a narrowing of the party’s 2017 resolutions on corruption did not render it unlawful, Wim Trengove argued for the ruling party
Even noble intent could not rescue the step-aside rule, counsel for the suspended secretary general told the Johannesburg high court, but in fact there was only factionalism
The judge recognised the delegation of power located in the ANC’s national executive committee to the secretary general and the deputy secretary general
The former president argues that the National Prosecuting Authority is so deeply compromised that it cannot lawfully lead evidence against him
Counsel argued the National Assembly had not delegated its power on weighing if there were grounds to remove the public protector, but canvassed advice
Advocate Dali Mpofu asked the high court to set aside parliament’s rules for an impeachment process and send legislators back to the drawing board
The public protector is not challenging her fitness to hold office, but the rule enabling the National Assembly to remove her from office
A political trial within a trial is indicated after Zuma’s counsel’s raise the spectre of oral evidence in its move for the prosecutor’s removal and for charges to be dropped
The new counsel for the former president read part of his plea for the prosecutor’s removal and ultimately his acquittal out in court
Sources inside the talks said the NWC decided to take a safer option and exhaust all internal processes while it investigated a charge of misconduct against the defiant party leader
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe, who criticised Ace Magashule and Supra Mahumapelo during an interview, said those party leaders who want the NEC to reverse its step-aside resolution used a ‘convenient blackmail argument’
High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement
The deputy chief justice has signalled his ‘extreme concern’ at the disrespectful manner in which the lawyer treated the commission
Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks
Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s cross-examination digs up the ‘rogue unit’ narrative to attack minister’s character
An alleged string of lies about Mkhwebane’s meeting with the former president in her contentious R3.2-billion Absa report has the public protector in a legal wrangle
The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence
The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
After losing out, Dali Mpofu says he is now focused on what he can do with the law, planning several high-profile cases next year
In his closing address at the EFF’s elective conference on Monday, the party’s leader took aim at delegates for ‘personalising’ their victories
Dali Mpofu shows that he can get down and dirty
Constitutional Court candidate describes the causes of friction as ‘complex’
EFF deputy president denies receiving R10-million from embattled VBS Mutual Bank
Former Transnet board member Seth Radebe is seeking reinstatement to the board, in a case seen as resistance to Gordhan’s drive to overhaul SOE’s
The public enterprises minister faces a court challenge into his ‘racist’ dismissal of a Transnet board member
Moyane’s legal counsel has questioned why Pravin Gordhan is the main deponent in an affidavit that forms the basis of the charge sheet against Moyane
The disciplinary hearing of suspended SARS boss Tom Moyane got underway with his lawyer Dali Mpofu criticising its terms of reference
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