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/ 4 November 2011
That the ANC and its president, Jacob Zuma, have an adversarial relationship with the judiciary is no longer a matter of conjecture.
Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has told the Judicial Service Commission that he is not a nominee for the position of chief justice.
Zuma’s choice of Mogoeng makes the campaign against extending Ngcobo’s term a Pyrrhic victory, says <b>Julia Sloth-Nielsen</b>.
Many South Africans were stunned this week by President Jacob Zuma’s nomination of Constitutional Court Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
Many of SA’s elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
There was a sense of excitement in going into the next stage of his life, Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo said at his farewell ceremony on Thursday.
Consider the facts. Manifestly, the government wanted the chief justice to remain in office.
When Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo finishes his term in office this month, he will leave behind several key projects in various states of completion.
Sandile Ngcobo’s demeanour might have been aloof but his contribution to jurisprudence is uncontested.
South Africans deserve a rigorous examination of all the candidates and substantial reasons why Ngcobo’s successor was chosen. Democracy demands it.
Experts point to the crisis involving the chief justice as an example of their poor judgment.
One of outgoing Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s last jobs will be to chair a special sitting of the JSC to discuss his successor
The Constitutional Court said on Friday that President Jacob Zuma’s decision to extend Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term was unconstitutional.
Confused by the judicial crisis gripping South Africa? Not quite sure why Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is stepping down? We have the answers.
Despite Chief Justice Ngcobo’s decision to step down, the Constitutional Court will still rule on whether an extension of his term was constitutional.
The section of the Act on which Zuma relied on to extend Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term of office, was "almost certainly unconstitutional".
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s decision to step down has been met both by praise and skepticism, even as speculation about his successor mounts.
A High Court judge is opposed to the Bill to resolve the impasse over the extension of the term of office of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.
The president has the constitutional and legal authority to extend the term of the chief justice if he so wishes.
The legal challenge to the extension of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term of office is as unnecessary as it is unfair.
The controversy over President Zuma’s extension of the term of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo could get to the Constitutional Court.
President Zuma says those who feel the extension of Chief Justice Ngcobo’s term is unconstitutional should have spoken up when the law was drafted.
Justice Minister Jeff Radebe on Tuesday praised Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo for "doing a bloody good job".
President Jacob Zuma breached the Constitution by extending the term of office for Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo beyond the 12-year limit.
In a <i>Sunday Times</i> article, Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo, cautioned the government against the appointment of Chief Justice Ngcobo.
Opposition parties fear that the IEC’s new leadership will be dominated by the ANC’s preferred candidates.
A judiciary in transition requires the leadership of Sandile Ngcobo, writes <b>Richard Calland</b>.
Presidential power to extend the chief justice’s term undermines independence.
Hawks ‘insufficiently insulated from
political interference’, says Concourt
SA courts need to improve their efficiency in order to increase the public’s access to justice, Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo said on Saturday.
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/ 27 November 2009
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is setting out to transfer the administrative side of the courts to the judiciary.
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/ 11 November 2009
Parliamentarians bade farewell to former chief justice Pius Langa on Wednesday, simultaneously welcoming his successor, Sandile Ngcobo.