<b>Niren Tolsi</b> has analysed how politics have fractured the Judicial Service Commission.
The legal fraternity has raised concerns about the ruling party’s influence over judicial appointments.
The Judicial Service Commission has announced its recommendations to President Jacob Zuma, raising an eyebrow or two, but offering few real surprises.
Applicants for various judicial positions have faced tough questions from politicians about their records and statements.
The JSC is still deciding what to do about John Hlophe’s alleged bid to influence ConCourt judges over corruption charges against President Zuma.
The Judicial Service Commission that selects judges has been set for scrutinisation as a number of vacancies remain, leaving vacuums in SA’s courts.
The NPA have announced it will hand over the "reduced record" of the documents involved in dropping corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
President Jacob Zuma has been shrouded in fundamentalist Christian metaphor, but his flock is out in the cold, writes <b>Niren Tolsi</b>.
The JSC will now have to reconsider complaints laid by Constitutional Court judges and Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
On the wild frontier where law meets politics, advocate Anton Ackermann SC appears to be a Lone Ranger.
The National Prosecuting Authority has become ‘tense’ after state prosecutors clashed over South Africa’s human rights obligations,.
Prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane appears to be at the centre of a bid to thwart the prosecution in SA of Zim officials accused of torture.
North African writers Bahaa Taher and Ibrahim al-Koni describe the alienation of the Western gaze
The Supreme Court of Appeal says the NPA should provide a record of why it dropped Jacob Zuma’s fraud charges — reigniting the debate.
Acting Cricket South Africa president Willie Basson has been tasked with repairing the organisation and restoring South African cricket’s image.
Pressure is mounting on Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng after he called for his colleagues to attend a leadership conference hosted by a US evangelist.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng apparently used his position to order top judges to attend a leadership conference hosted by an American evangelist.
Acting deputy chief justice Zak Yacoob has defended SA’s highest court, saying dissenting judgments demonstrated rigour and debate in the ConCourt.
CSA chief Gerald Majola has been stumped by Judge Chris Nicholson’s findings of his inquiry into allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
Legal eagles are concerned over the dearth of candidates for the Constitutional Court.
Congolese deportees claim the South African government is in cahoots with the DRC’s President Kabila, who they say is stifling dissent using torture.
This week, <b>Niren Tolsi<b>, looks at the transformative impact of Constitutional Court judgments in the communities which need it most.
The Clarens Beer Festival proves that South Africa’s emerging brewmasters are as varied and colourful as their audience.
The election of traditional councils has been hampered by vague legislation, poor oversight and tension between the Constitution and customary law.
Kemp J Kemp SC goes into battle to protect his long time client Jacob Zuma at the Supreme Court of Appeal.
President Jacob Zuma’s counsel has conceded his dropped corruption charges "can be revisited at any time", but tried to ensure this would not be done.
Two more Congolese nationals have been released on bail after 20 people were arrested for violence relating to post-DRC election tensions in Jo’burg.
Northern Cape locals claim Joe Aranes is sowing discord to benefit his employer.
A police swoop on South Africa’s Congolese community — which police maintain resulted in the arrest of 150 Congolese men — has galvanised activists.
Seventeen of the Congo immigrants arrested in Jo’burg after being singled out by an ally of DRC President Joseph Kabila have been released on bail.
Marc Ravalomanana’s failed bid to return to Madagascar has lit a fire beneath SADC negotiators, who want his amnesty finalised by the end of February.
The return of Marc Ravalomanana to Madagascar will be delayed until the SADC can resolve the matter of a criminal court verdict against him.