Consider the facts. Manifestly, the government wanted the chief justice to remain in office.
Did Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo know that his colleagues would rule within two days on whether the law relied on by the president was constitutional?
Experts say a political decision to extend a judge’s term compromises the judiciary’s independence.
In a <i>Sunday Times</i> article, Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo, cautioned the government against the appointment of Chief Justice Ngcobo.
Judgment reserved in Jacob Zuma’s last attempt to conceal judges’ assessment of 2002 election
The Presidency has not been able to prove a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe elections must stay secret, counsel for the M&G told the Constitutional Court.
Hawks ‘insufficiently insulated from
political interference’, says Concourt
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has again won in its bid to obtain a confidential report on the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential election.
Not counting a few significant achievements this year, the judicial system faces a host of challenges.
In a victory for the <I>M&G</I> and access to information in SA, a judge has ordered a secret report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election be released.
Lawyers described the government’s contention that SA judges sent to Zimbabwe in 2002 on a confidential diplomatic mission as "nonsense on stilts".
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/ 27 November 2009
Working on our story questioning your investment choices has been a most painful experience for me.
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/ 13 November 2009
Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has a stake in companies whose style of business has put him close to corporate controversy.
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/ 14 October 2009
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a law that would have allowed mass evictions in KwaZulu-Natal was unconstitutional.
The opposition on Wednesday rejected attempts by President Jacob Zuma to defuse the row over his nomination of Judge Sandile Ngcobo as chief justice.
Zuma on Wednesday welcomed a statement by the opposition that they would prefer Dikgang Moseneke to his nominee, Sandile Ngcobo, for chief justice.
President Jacob Zuma has assured opposition parties he will take their views into account in deciding on the appointment of a new chief justice.
Three opposition parties on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to reconsider his nomination for chief justice.
Opposition parties expressed regret on Thursday that Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke did not get the nod as next chief justice.
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/ 28 September 2008
One of the first hot potatoes President Kgalema Motlanthe will have to handle is the choice of the 18th judge of the Constitutional Court.
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/ 11 September 2008
A KwaZulu-Natal woman had Constitutional Court judges grappling with how to protect customary law on Thursday.
Kgalema Motlanthe: ”We must appreciate that these institutions of the judiciary must have a life way beyond their current incumbents.”
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> strongly disagrees with Kgalema Motlanthe’s rather feeble reasons for wanting the Scorpions disbanded.
Joe Slovo residents who travelled to the Constitutional Court for their case were in a sombre mood after hearing argument. Pearlie Joubert reports.
So many South Africans who have proven their bona fides in bucketloads are now being called enemies of the revolution.
Former DA leader Tony Leon says the crisis in the judiciary has been more than a decade in the making.
A divide-and-rule strategy has emerged from the response of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe to the complaint laid against him.
The Constitional Court is to meet on Monday to discuss how it can back up its ”undue influence” claims against Cape Judge President John Hlophe,
The Black Lawyers Association wants action against the judges of the country’s highest court, the Sunday Times reports.
After the Constitutional Court judgements in the Clicks case, in which the majority set aside regulations dealing with pricing and dispensing of medicine, legal commentators raised the question as to whether a significant minority of the court — who appeared to adopt a more pro-executive position — would influence the future direction of the court.
Andile Mngxitama’s critique of the HRC’s finding on blacks-only membership organisations has stirred up a hornet’s nest. Ferial Haffajee asked him why he is so angry.
President Thabo Mbeki’s role as a mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis took another knock after disclosures that he ignored the advice of two judges he commissioned to observe that country’s 2002 general elections. Mbeki commissioned judges Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke to observe the controversial Zimbabwean election in 2002.