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AMIGOS

Former KwaZulu-Natal treasury head starts jail time in ‘Amigos’ case

Sipho Shabalala was sentenced to 15 years after being convicted of corruption, fraud, money laundering and contravening the Public Finance Management Act

  • Greg Ardé
3 min read
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. (Judges Matter)
ALAN DODSON

JSC lets politics trump conscience and excellence

The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is…

  • Niren Tolsi
11 min read
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have called for members of the judiciary to undergo lifestyle audits.
BASHIER VALLY

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

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
‘Baseless allegations’: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s (above) treatment of Judges Piet Koen and Dhaya Pillay spurred a professional association of advocates to speak out. Photos: Madelene Cronjé, Judges Matter & Paul Botes
ARMS DEAL CASE
Video

Was Judge Koen wrongly accused by the chief justice?

Mogoeng chided for tongue-lashing

  • Niren Tolsi
8 min read
In its new report, Freedom Under Law says the caseload of the apex court has tripled, leading to delayed judgments that negatively affect public confidence in the judiciary (Renata Larroyd)
BASHIER VALLY

Recommendations for ConCourt appointments set aside, JSC to conduct new interviews in October

This move comes after allegations that the initial deliberations to fill two vacancies at the apex court were compromised by blatant politicking

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Caught in the crossfire: Judge Dhayanithie Pillay was one of the candidates interviewed y the JSC in April to flll two vacancies at the Constitutional Court, although she did not make the shortlist. Photo: Paul Botes
CASAC

High court calls meeting on bid to halt ConCourt appointments

Casac has launched an unprecedented bid to have the politics-laden interview process to fill vacancies at the apex court started from scratch

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
ALBIE SACHS

Richard Calland: Why judges matter — an illustrative tale

Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened

  • Richard Calland
8 min read
Aggrieved: DA eThekwini councillor Nicole Graham had her mic muted during a virtual sitting. The municipality blamed it on a software glitch
ANC

DA cries foul play over muted mic

But high court rules in favour of the eThekwini municipality, as judge decries ‘political point-scoring’

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
There is a warrant of arrest out for Jacob Zuma (centre) should he not be able to provide a concrete medical certificate to justify his absence from court on Tuesday. (Michele Spatari/POOL/AFP)
CUBA

Riddle of Zuma’s sick note

SANDF officials considered launching a probe into the ‘doctored’ certificate

  • Thanduxolo Jika
5 min read
The supreme court of appeal is yet to rule on the appeal to the high court finding that his release on medical parole was unlawful and he should return to prison. (Michele Spatari/POOL/AFP)
DHAYA PILLAY

Nxamalala contracts the Shaiks

There is no name yet for Jacob Zuma’s medical condition, but he obviously doubts the NHI can cure it

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The Zondo commission has filed an urgent Constitutional Court application for an order compelling former president Jacob Zuma to testify before it and forged an argument as to why the matter falls within the court’s exclusive jurisdiction. (Wikus de Wet/Pool/Reuters)
BILLY DOWNER

Arrest warrant issued for no-show Zuma

The high court wants more details about the nature of the illness preventing the former president from appearing on corruption charges

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
AMINA MAHOMED

Mahomed was an architect of the UDF

It is no accident that a meeting held to commemorate the life of Yunus Mahomed was attended by scores of luminaries from the African National Congress and the United Democratic…

  • Yunus Momoniat
3 min read
BELINDA JANE VAN HEERDEN

Public sector: Judges

Rosheni Allie, Sisi Khampepe, Carole Lewis, Mandisa Maya, Yasmin Shenaz Meer and more …

  • Staff Reporter
12 min read