Justice Sandile Ngcobo was on Thursday appointed the country’s new chief justice.
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/ 20 September 2009
Chief Justice nominee Judge Sandile Ngcobo said the Judicial Service Commission would have to appoint people of courage to the Constitutional Court.
The opposition on Wednesday rejected attempts by President Jacob Zuma to defuse the row over his nomination of Judge Sandile Ngcobo as chief justice.
Zuma on Wednesday welcomed a statement by the opposition that they would prefer Dikgang Moseneke to his nominee, Sandile Ngcobo, for chief justice.
President Jacob Zuma has assured opposition parties he will take their views into account in deciding on the appointment of a new chief justice.
President Jacob Zuma has become relaxed and confident in his role as the country’s leader.
Judge Sandile Ngcobo said the Constitutional Court had decided to replace the 30-day limit set down in the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
The Justice for Hlophe Alliance on Friday said it would push for another Constitutional Court position for Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Opposition parties have urged Jacob Zuma to withdraw his statement on the nomination of Sandile Ngcobo to replace outgoing Chief Justice Pius Langa.
Will Judge Sandile Ngcobo be chief justice for just two years before giving way, perhaps to controversial Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe?
Opposition parties expressed regret on Thursday that Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke did not get the nod as next chief justice.
President Jacob Zuma has nominated Constitutional Court Judge Sandile Ngcobo to replace Chief Justice Pius Langa.
When the SCA delivered a ruling legalising warrants to search Jacob Zuma’s premises, it was left to the Constitutional Court to settle the matter.
He’s been tipped as an outsider for the top judicial job in SA, but Sandile Ngcobo now seems a firm favourite to replace Pius Langa as chief justice.
Hugh Glenister’s lawyer argued hard in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to stop the legislation that would merge the Scorpions with the police.
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Warrants issued to allow the Scorpions to conduct search-and-seizure raids on the properties of African National Congress president Jacob Zuma, his attorney and French arms manufacturer Thint were specific, the Constitutional Court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 15 November 2007
Matatiele residents were set to march through Pietermaritzburg on Thursday to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in protest over their incorporation into the Eastern Cape. Matatiele-Maluti Mass Action Organising Committee chairperson Mandla Galo said that at least 45 minibus taxis had transported residents to Pietermaritzburg.
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/ 1 November 2007
The district of Matatiele moved a step closer to being permanently incorporated into the Eastern Cape after the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday voted by a narrow margin in favour of the controversial Constitution 13th Amendment Bill. Heated debate between opposition parties and the ruling African National Congress preceded the vote.
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/ 30 October 2007
More than 3Â 000 people packed the local soccer stadium in Matatiele as the second day of public hearings on the region’s controversial incorporation into the Eastern Cape started on Tuesday. Matatiele was incorporated into the Eastern Cape on February 28, hours before voting started in the local government election of 2006.
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/ 30 October 2007
At least 500 people packed a local soccer stadium in Matatiele as the second day of public hearings on the region’s controversial incorporation into the Eastern Cape started on Tuesday. Matatiele was incorporated into the Eastern Cape on February 28, hours before voting started in the local government election of 2006.