The Judicial Service Committee has recommended seven women to various positions on the Bench, in an attempt to aid gender transformation.
Out of four women candidates, the Judicial Service Commission has appointed one for the single position on the Western Cape Bench.
Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s role in the complaint of misconduct against Cape Judge President John Hlophe could be scrutinised if the trial continues.
Home affairs says Samantha Lewthwaite’s passport was "cancelled" in 2011 as fear grows in Jo’burg’s "Little Mogadishu".
The Helen Suzman Foundation claims that the JSC is not giving equal consideration to all factors in recommending which judges to appoint.
Gwede Mantashe embraces what he criticises and as a result the ANC as a whole is at war with itself, writes Niren Tolsi.
Niren Tolsi goes deep into the web to find the underground world that lives on the Hidden Wiki.
The ANC has rejected mine nationalisation as an economic policy at the ruling party’s elective conference in Mangaung, Free State.
There will be a court challenge to the legality of the ANC’s national conference at Mangaung, two people involved in the process have told the M&G.
Tokyo Sexwale says that by standing for ANC deputy president despite slim chances, he was honouring democracy within the ruling party.
The ANC’s number of members has grown significantly since the party’s Polokwane elective conference in 2007 until now, according to provincial audits.
The Free State ANC’s PEC has been prohibited by the national executive committee from voting at the national electoral conference in Mangaung.
The Constitutional Court has declared the ANC’s Free State PEC "and its decisions and resolutions [made there] unlawful and invalid".
But overcrowded prisons such as Pollsmoor may not be able to address their healthcare deficits. Niren Tolsi reports.
Branch paradox is central to the ANC — and its 53rd national conference in Mangaung in less than 10 days’ time.
Professor Gert Johannes "Jakes" Gerwel, who died of complications following heart surgery leaves a legacy of quiet leadership and academic excellence.
The Free State ANC’s internal ructions could shift the goalposts in the upcoming leadership battle, writes Niren Tolsi.
The ConCourt heard of register rigging at the Free State ANC’s provincial conference, and must decide if the decisions made there were unlawful.
Addressing delegates at the ANC’s nomination conference in Durban, Zweli Mkhize has said that the issue of who will lead the party has been settled.
Nkandla isn’t the only Zuma family homestead. We round up some of the others and explain their surprising – and rather aggressive – names.
Former police commissioner Bheki Cele’s popularity could prove divisive if he carries an anti-Zuma mandate, writes Niren Tolsi.
Divisions in the ANC at a local level are threatening KZN’s homogeneity as a voting bloc at the party’s conference in Mangaung later this year.
The ANC’s pact to stop singing the song with words ‘Dubula i’bhunu’ is a failure – it should have been used to question the definition of hate speech.
The JSC has been given the go-ahead from advocate Jeremy Gauntlett to furnish reasons for it overlooking him for a place on the Western Cape Bench.
The JSC will speak with advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, who was overlooked in bench interviews, before it decides whether to give reasons for its decision.
The arrest of four would-be witnesses after attending the hearings is being seen by their comrades as a police attempt to intimidate witnesses
In a move likely to surprise the legal fraternity, the justice department has cancelled the bid process for its proposed review of the judiciary.
Lawyers have called for the immediate release of four witnesses arrested and intimidated, as they were returning from the Farlam commission.
Lawyers acting for President Jacob Zuma have failed to meet the deadline to file court papers in response to the DA’s request for the spy tapes.
The advocate acting for several families of the miners killed, told the Farlam commission the miners "were killed like vermin" by the police.
Transformation was the main preoccupation for the JSC as it gathered this week in Cape Town to interview candidates for positions on the Bench.
Gwede Mantashe has defended the decision to include ANC branches deemed not to be in good standing in the final audit report.