The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications
The legal battle has dragged on for years and more than
22 000 pensioners have died
Rape accusations and CIA operatives: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and three ConCourt judges appear to be the target of a smear campaign.
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/ 11 October 2009
President Jacob Zuma has come in for criticism that his list of nominees for the Constitutional Court does not report a fair gender balance.
A murderer who was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday told the Grahamstown High Court he could be nailed ”to the cross so I can die for the sins of others”. Roro Mntwaphi (41) made the remark before Judge Johan Froneman sentenced him and Mbulelo Kula (25) for the murder of Stephanus Williams (60) on May 8 2007.
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/ 21 February 2008
A 20-year-old man accused of raping a two-year-old girl and charged with three counts of assault was found guilty of all charges in the Grahamstown High Court on Thursday. Judge Johan Froneman rejected the evidence of Thulani Jafta (20), of Madukeni Sada, Cathcart, as ”inherently improbable and contrived”.
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/ 17 September 2007
A 42-year-old former attorney appeared in the Grahamstown High Court on Monday on charges related to the theft of R1,4-million from his trust account. He is alleged to have misappropriated an amount of R1 396 278 — paid to him on behalf of a client by the Road Accident Fund between December 2000 and May 2001.