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Let the world know that women were once not 'persons' in the eyes of the law

OpinionTembeka Ngcukaitobi | 2018-08-09 08:24:00

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Just how far can South Africa's courts reach?

AnalysisSerjeant at the Bar | 2017-04-04 00:00:00

The increasingly desperate shape of our politics means the courts are moving into ever more fraught territory. Over the past decade, as Parliament...

Only the courts and citizens are left to fend off our lawless state

ColumnistsSerjeant at the Bar | 2016-11-08 00:00:00

State institutions are under the microscope as the sheer horror at the extent of the cancer in our body politic is exposed. This comes after the...

Busisiwe Mkhwebane will not oppose state capture interdict

NationalThulani Gqirana | 2016-10-21 19:02:00

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will not oppose the interdict against the release of the “state capture” report.

Struggle stalwart Moseneke retires from the Bench

NewsPontsho Pilane | 2016-05-19 00:00:00

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke is retiring from the Bench this week, stepping down from the second most powerful position in the judiciary...

Judiciary is last line of defence against government

NationalKaryn Maughan | 2016-02-12 00:00:00

Nearly six months ago, South Africa’s most powerful judges had an extraordinary meeting with President Jacob Zuma and seven members of his...

Prejudiced private sector holds no brief for black counsel

OpinionIshmael Semenya | 2015-10-30 00:00:00

Richard Spoor, the lead attorney representing victims of silicosis who worked for the mining industry (and who are likely exclusively black),...

The Bench's default is still set to 'male'

AnalysisSerjeant at the Bar | 2015-10-02 00:00:00

Dismayed that only 24 of the 110 judicial vacancies between 2009 and 2012 were filled by women, the Democratic Governance and Rights unit at the...

Now the NPA head is jibing at the judiciary

AnalysisSerjeant at the Bar | 2015-09-18 00:00:00

Shaun Abrahams, the new national director of public prosecutions, has now justified his decision to appoint Nomgcobo Jiba to what is in substance the...

Anti-judiciary rhetoric must be backed up

AnalysisSerjeant at the Bar | 2015-08-21 00:00:00

There has been much concern expressed both in Parliament and in the media about the new wave of attacks on the judiciary. Perhaps the most disturbing...

There's no justice, chief - there's just us

OpinionRichard Calland | 2015-08-14 00:00:00

August 27 2015, Pretoria. The serene tranquillity of the corridors of the West Wing is broken only by the sharp click-clack of Chief Justice...

Gender reform in the judiciary is still skin deep

AnalysisMia Swart | 2015-07-24 00:00:00

The site of the Judicial Service Commission interviews for judgeships earlier this month could not have been drabber. The interviews were held in a...

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