ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
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An application for an enforcement order was hence dismissed as unnecessary because the permit holders already had this protection under an earlier interim order
Helen Suzman Foundation argues if reprieve is not granted, the government is likely to deport Zimbabweans en masse at the end of the year
Correctional services wants input as it considers a court order that says the former president must return to jail because his medical parole was unlawful
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The home affairs minister’s decision was unconstitutional and procedurally unfair, the Pretoria high court found
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The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022
The apex court has denied the government of Mozambique leave to appeal a high court ruling ordering the government to surrender Chang to the United States
The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status
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The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard
It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court
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There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue
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He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act
Legal teams argued that the only remedy was for Zuma to return to prison, but his advocate countered that at this late stage, it would amount to a fresh sentence
The supreme court of appeal asked how it could accept this when the medical reports had been redacted
In her interview for the position of deputy chief justice, the appellate court president said she tried to resolve woes in the general office that has delayed cases involving Jacob Zuma but faulted the office of the chief justice for not stepping in
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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed a demand by nine legal organisations that it should postpone all further interviews with aspiring judges until it has elaborated on its criteria for appointment to the bench. “You are advised that the JSC has not passed any resolution to give you the undertaking you asked it to […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not bound by the recommendation put forth on Saturday by the JSC for the new chief justice
The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
Arthur Fraser had no discretionary power to grant Jacob Zuma’s release once the medical parole board found he did not suffer from a terminal condition, high court hears
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 committee met on Thursday to set out a programme for dealing with the matter of whether or not to renew Ipid boss Robert McBride’s contract
Ramaphosa is waiting for two ConCourt judgments before acting on NPA boss’s position, a parliamentary reply has revealed
In a majority judgment, the court ruled that a blanket ban of disclosure was unjustifiable in a democratic society
The office has compiled and published other work related to the matter, including a 2014 investigation into the failed Vrede Dairy farm project
The Helen Suzman Foundation and Magda Wierzycka say their action is necessary in the “absence of action” by law enforcement agencies.
A battle over the JSC’s confidential deliberations is back in court, but the parties aren’t poles apart
Berning Ntlemeza was appointed as Hawks head by former police minister Nathi Nhleko in December 2014.
On May 26, the broadcaster banned the airing of footage of violent protests on its television stations.
The Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom Under Law want Ntlemeza’s appointment declared irrational and unlawful, and set aside.
The North Gauteng High Court took issue with the speed at which the applicants made the application.
The courts are becoming the main theatre of political battles in South Africa as feuding for power and access to state funds intensifies.
The president made his latest statements in an affidavit that was filed in response to an urgent application for Abrahams’ suspension.